Letters (Page 10 )

  • Raising Minimum Wage Lowers Employment Rate

    May 2011 ·  Michael Saltsman ·  Times of Trenton

    A new report claims that monthly rent payments remain out of reach for minimum-wage workers in New Jersey (op-ed, “Low-wage earners are out in the cold,” May 21). This is misleading; new research out of the University of Nevada-Reno shows that very few minimum-wage earners are the primary or sole breadwinner in their household. For instance, the vast majority of adult minimum-wage earners with children have a…
  • Minimum Wage Worker Often Not Sole Breadwinner

    May 2011 ·  Michael Saltsman ·  The Capital Times

    A new report claims that monthly rent payments remain out-of-reach for minimum wage workers in Wisconsin (“Housing is out of reach for low-income families. So what?”). This is misleading; new research out of the University of Nevada-Reno shows that very few minimum wage earners are the primary or sole breadwinner in their household. For instance, the vast majority of adult minimum wage earners with children have a…
  • Leave Minimum Wage Alone

    May 2011 ·  Michael Saltsman ·  The Star-Ledger

    A new report claims that monthly rent payments remain out of reach for minimum-wage workers in New Jersey (“Report finds renters are hard pressed to afford adequate housing,” May 3). This is misleading; new research out of the University of Nevada-Reno shows that very few minimum-wage earners are the primary or sole breadwinner in their household. For instance, the vast majority of adult minimum-wage earners with children…
  • Job Numbers

    May 2011 ·  Michael Saltsman ·  Las Vegas Review Journal

    A new report claims that monthly rent payments remain out of reach for minimum wage workers in Nevada (“Rent here? Who can afford it?,” Thursday Review-Journal). This is misleading. New research out of the University of Nevada, Reno shows that very few minimum wage earners are the primary or sole breadwinner in their households. For instance, the vast majority of adult minimum wage earners with children have…
  • Push For Higher Minimum Wage Is Wrong

    April 2011 ·  Michael Saltsman ·  Patriot Ledger

    In the March 18 article “Lawmakers seek increase in minimum wage to $10,” state Sen. Marc Pacheco, D-Taunton, called the argument that mandated wage hikes reduce employment “not factual.” Disagreeing with the senator are nearly three-quarters of labor economists, according to survey research from the University of New Hampshire. In fact, according to economists at the Federal Reserve Board and the University of California-Irvine, an overwhelming 85…
  • Senator’s Minimum Wage Points Lack Facts

    April 2011 ·  Michael Saltsman ·  Fall River Herald News

    In the March 18 article “Lawmakers seek increase in minimum wage to $10,” state Sen. Marc Pacheco, D-Taunton, called the argument that mandated wage hikes reduce employment “not factual.” Disagreeing with the senator are nearly three-quarters of labor economists, according to survey research from the University of New Hampshire. In fact, according to economists at the Federal Reserve Board and the University of California-Irvine, an overwhelming 85…