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01-02-2007, 02:02 AM
Minimum Wage Hurts the Poor (2007-01-01)
by David John Marotta
Americans are very much in favor of raising the minimum wage. This fall, five states saw legislation to raise the minimum wage pass, in some cases by wide margins. However, American compassion can at times be misguided. Economist Robert Whaples, of Wake Forest University, found in a random polling of American economists, that 62% believed the minimum wage should remain unchanged, if not lowered or abolished altogether.
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by David John Marotta
Americans are very much in favor of raising the minimum wage. This fall, five states saw legislation to raise the minimum wage pass, in some cases by wide margins. However, American compassion can at times be misguided. Economist Robert Whaples, of Wake Forest University, found in a random polling of American economists, that 62% believed the minimum wage should remain unchanged, if not lowered or abolished altogether.
Read the complete column at http://www.emarotta.com/article.php?ID=211