Minimum Wage, Jobless Kids
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| Author(s) | The Wall Street Journal editorial board |
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| Source | The Wall Street Journal |
| Date | July 3, 2007 |
| URL | http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118342434676756095.html |
| Quote | "The harm from minimum-wage laws is well-documented, and even government job programs aren't immune. As an antipoverty measure, these laws are inefficient because most people who are poor already earn more than the minimum, and most who do earn the minimum aren't living in poverty. They are retirees, homemakers, part-time workers, and teenagers in the Big Apple -- fewer of whom will have summer jobs in the future thanks to the higher minimum wage."
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This item argues for the position Act should not have been passed on the topic Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007.
