Monthly Archives: December 2013

Conservatives for More Welfare

Republished from The Unz Review As economic inequality and the plight of the working-poor have suddenly erupted as leading topics in the national debate, the proposed solution of a big minimum wage hike has evoked many varied reactions. On the Democratic side, … Continue reading

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Raise the Minimum Wage to $12 an Hour

From Making Low Wages Livable – A Symposium  in The New York Times Tens of millions of low-wage workers in the United States are trapped in lives of poverty. Many suggestions have been put forth to improve their difficult situation, ranging from … Continue reading

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A $12 Minimum Wage: Transforming Policy Idea into Political Reality

Republished from The Unz Review As most readers have no doubt already heard, early last week I filed the text of an initiative that would raise California’s minimum wage to $12.00 per hour, a figure far higher than that of any … Continue reading

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