Boehner in 1996: I'd Rather Kill Myself Than Raise the Minimum Wage
Made the comment in interview with The Weekly Standard
Made the comment in interview with The Weekly Standard
The pros and cons of a welfare idea championed by liberals and libertarians alike
Because they found economists who say otherwise
Why not worry about your own problems there, Mr. President?
Now $10.10 an hour
If New York City regulations didn't make the place so expensive to live ...
The fact that they often can't contribute nearly as much labor is apparently not relevant
Telling Congress "we" deserve a raise
Does he realize the giant stands to benefit as the increase hurts smaller competitors?
Says uncooperative Republicans have left Obama with few options other than acting unilaterally
President expected to announce increase in minimum wage for new federal contract workers
Made the comment in letter to investors
Expected to suggest a minimum rate of $10.10 at the State of the Union
96 percent of them, in fact
Preet Bharara's wage crusade will hurt foreign housekeepers.
Striking garment workers are pushing for the minimum wage to be doubled
Our regulations price low-income people out of greater job potential. That is a crime.
New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island among those to see the highest increase
Despite high-flying promises, government can't decree the price of labor without killing jobs.
Americans like the idea of hiking the cost of labor, but only if it doesn't price workers out of jobs.
Doubling the minimum wage for fast-food workers is delusional and counterproductive.
Less than 0.1 percent of the industry's workforce participated.