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Only 13% of minimum wage earners live under the poverty line, which means that for $100 in extra income less than $13 goes to people living in poverty. There are far better ways to help.
It’s just so easy to give the thumbs up to Socialism – at least until you have to pay for it.
Famed economist, Thomas Sowell laments the negative impact of teaching children advocacy over facts.
As if retail wasn’t tough enough with the advent of online shopping, government delivers the knock out blow with a raft of tax increases and mandatory transfers.
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Assessing the Impact of Minimum Wage Increases
Posted by Michael Campbell
on Tuesday, 4 June 2019 10:07
You can’t assess the impact of a minimum wage increase without including all the other costs that government is adding – property tax increases, employer expanded CPP contributions, higher holiday and employment insurance payments.