'Temperamental' minimum wage?

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Author(s) Walter Williams
Source Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Date May 9, 2007
URL http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/guests/s_506665.html
Quote
Quotes-start.png "True compassion for our fellow man requires that we examine not the intentions behind public policy but the effects of that policy. There's no question that Congress can mandate the minimum wage at which a person is hired but Congress hasn't found a way to mandate that a person have a level of productivity commensurate with the wage." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues against the position Act should be passed on the topic Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007.