>>>This is a very interesting article about the effects of minimum wage.
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>>>To understand an issue you must read all sides of the debate with an open mind.
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>>>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014.html
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>>Hi, Brandon, John Ryan posted this a few days ago.
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>>There are some individual/specific points he makes that are generally valid.
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>>But many of his arguments are very problematic, because his history is incredibly bad. I think he's being sincere but it's one of the worst editorials I've ever read in terms of "this failed in the past because of this and this and this".
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>>Raising the minimum wage is not going to reduce the need for govt reliance - it's time for "cards on the table", the President needs to promote a minimum wage raise because it's the only way to counter the damage that's occurred during his administration: high gas prices for multiple years, increase in payroll taxes, reduction in hours worked (partly due to consequences from AHCA), increase in health premiums for some, etc.
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>Hey I'm happy you agree the wage should be increased - and maybe I should just let it go at that...but COME ON..really? The minimum wage IS NOT a livable wage and has not been for a long time - long before Obama. It's like watching Fox News out here sometimes - no matter what the problem is or how it came about - it's all Obamacare's fault! economy is bad - Obamacare! Gas prices up - Obamacare! - my cat got sick - cause of Obamacare!

KG only mentioned it as a cause of reduction in hours worked.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/as-health-care-laws-employer-mandate-nears-firms-cut-worker-hours-struggle-with-logistics/2014/06/23/720e197c-f249-11e3-914c-1fbd0614e2d4_story.html

I suggest that you turn off Fox News. ;)