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posted by martyb on Sunday July 30 2017, @06:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the Lies,-Damned-Lies,-and-Statistics dept.

"In what has become a running joke amongst those skeptical of the claim that minimum wage increases have no effect on unemployment, a recent report by the Employment Policies Institute showed that 174 of the 184 co-sponsors of a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour hired unpaid interns."

"In a review of over 100 studies, economists David Neumark and William Wascher found that,A sizable majority of the studies surveyed ... give a relatively consistent (although not always statistically significant) indication of negative employment effects of minimum wages. In addition, among the papers we view as providing the most credible evidence, almost all point to negative employment effects, both for the United States as well as for many other countries." http://www.nber.org/papers/w12663.pdf

"Yes, minimum wages still do increase unemployment."

https://mises.org/blog/seattles-minimum-wage-supporters-ignore-facts


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 30 2017, @04:52PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 30 2017, @04:52PM (#546726)

    Liberal charity evaluator hates conservative charity, news at 11.

    Next you'll tell be that the Southern Poverty Law Center isn't fond of Ben Carson. Oh, wait...

    I wonder how change.org feels about Trump bring change. Hmmm.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 30 2017, @09:23PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 30 2017, @09:23PM (#546833)

    What made you decide that Charity Navigator is liberal and hateful? Is it purely because they remarked on the similarity in the names? They've given Navy SEAL Foundation [charitynavigator.org], Army Emergency Relief [charitynavigator.org], Memorial Assistance Ministries [charitynavigator.org] and Hosanna/Faith Comes By Hearing [charitynavigator.org], which might be expected to embody conservative values, their highest rating.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 31 2017, @12:38AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 31 2017, @12:38AM (#546900)

      It's liberal and hateful whenever the nutters on the right disagree. Which isn't surprising considering how little evidence there is to their political views and their aggressive attacks on education and information.