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Romney is Wrong on Minimum Wage

When asked about the minimum wage over the weekend, leading GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney gave the following response: “My view has been to allow the minimum wage to rise with the CPI [Consumer Price Index] or with another index so that it adjusts automatically over time. I already indicated that when I was governor…
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Minimum Wage

Think Progress? Think Again.

The fallacy of the minimum wage has reared it’s ugly head yet again! Progressive political blog Think Progress announced on Wednesday that San Francisco will be the first US city to have a minimum wage above $10. Citing the Economic Policy Institute, they wrote: There are eight states that have legislated annual, inflation-linked increases in…
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