By M.D. Kittle — As the economy booms and wages climb, the defenders of big government are crying poverty. Read More Free Market Lifting People Out Of Poverty In Wisconsin
Free Market Lifting People Out Of Poverty In Wisconsin
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News And Views: The Disastrous “Fight For 15,” And DPI Sponsors White Privilege Conference
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Bernie Sanders, Chris Taylor, Critical Race Theory, CRT, EPI, Living Wage, Minimum Wage, Oliver Burrows, Questionable Curriculum, Seattle, Tammy Baldwin, Tony Evers, University of Washington, WXCO
MacIver investigative reporter Matt Kittle joins Oliver Burrows on WXCO in Wausau to discuss the news of the week. Tony Evers pledged last week to raise the state’s minimum wage to at least $15/hr, a looming disaster for the state’s economy. And the state Department of Public Instruction sponsored a white privilege conference featuring politically charged rhetoric. Read More News And Views: The Disastrous “Fight For 15,” And DPI Sponsors White Privilege Conference
Progressives Court Disaster With $15 Minimum, ‘Living Wage’
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Bernie Sanders, Chris Taylor, EPI, Living Wage, Minimum Wage, Seattle, Tammy Baldwin, Tony Evers, University of Washington
By M.D. Kittle – Tony Evers played to his liberal base at a campaign stop earlier this week in Milwaukee, telling supporters that if he is elected governor, Wisconsin would go to a “$15 an hour minimum (wage). Minimum.” That’s the kind of rhetoric that riles up progressives on the campaign trail, but it’s the kind of policy that can decimate economies – and hurt the very people it’s trying to help. Read More Progressives Court Disaster With $15 Minimum, ‘Living Wage’
What Will Milwaukee’s Living Wage Mean For Employment?
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MacIver News Service – Milwaukee County’s recently approved $15 per hour minimum wage for county workers and contractors is supposed to improve the lives of people earning below that amount, but research indicates it could backfire on the very people that such policies are intended to help. Read More What Will Milwaukee’s Living Wage Mean For Employment?
Living Wage for Some, Layoffs for Others at UW-Madison
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MacIver News – UW-Madison’s plan had been in the works for years as the university set up its own personnel system called “HR Design.” Even though the school was facing a $30 million cut in the 2015-17 budget, delaying the raises was not considered an option. Read More Living Wage for Some, Layoffs for Others at UW-Madison