Special Guest Perspective by James Wigderson – Here kids, have some cake. Minimum wage demands by Democrats will have real consequences for young people, whose opportunities will be decimated as union bosses’ demands for high minimum wages destroy opportunity for the next generation. Read More You’re Fired: Minimum Wage Demands Will Kill Opportunity
Raising Up Wisconsin – 30 years ago, Darin started as a dishwasher making the minimum wage at Rocky Rococo’s in Racine, Wisconsin. Today, after getting that opportunity to work as a dishwasher, he owns two restaurants. Now as an owner, Darin is trying to help his employees find the same opportunity and success he had. Read More Rocky Rococo Owner Wants His Employees To Follow In His Footsteps
From The Daily Signal – Watching the news these days, it may seem as though a minimum-wage job is the equivalent of a life sentence of poverty. But nothing could be farther from the truth. A minimum-wage job is not an end, but a beginning of what could be a very successful career. Read More From The Daily Signal: A Higher Minimum Wage Would Eliminate Opportunity for Success
MacIver Institute President Brett Healy joined Vicki McKenna to discuss the Institute’s new video series, Raising Up Wisconsin. The series highlights stories of real Wisconsinites that went from working a minimum wage job to owning the businesses they started at – something the mainstream media refuses to cover Read More Brett Healy Joins Vicki McKenna to Discuss Raising Up Wisconsin Video Series
Raising Up Wisconsin – Part 1 of this series takes a look at Maggie, a Culver’s Franchise Owner and Operator, that worked her way up from a minimum wage job. She started with Culver’s at 15-years-old and worked her way up to ownership today, in her early 30’s. Read More Raising Up Wisconsin: Maggie’s Journey from Minimum Wage to Ownership