Sheldon Richman on How the Minimum Wage Harms the Most Vulnerable

Minimum wage protestorscitizensrepublic.wordpress.comA debate is shaping up between those who support the proposal to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 and those who favor keeping the wage where it is today. But there are good grounds—for the sake of the poor—to repeal the minimum wage altogether. Sheldon Richman explains why.

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