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Minimum wage hike not right course to aid needy
April 2009 · Kristen Lopez Eastlick · Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
An inaccurate story (“$13.63,” April 19) recently purported that a wage rate at least twice the state minimum wage is necessary to pay rent to live in Wyoming. What the article failed to acknowledge is that only 15 percent of minimum wage earners are the primary breadwinners for their families. The vast majority of minimum wage earners are teens living at home (41 percent) or second-wage earners… -
Report failed to mention crucial stats
April 2009 · Kristen Lopez Eastlick · St. Cloud Times
A misleading story (“Rent unaffordable for some,” April 17) recently purported that a wage rate twice the state minimum wage is necessary to pay rent to live in Minnesota. What the article failed to acknowledge is that only 15 percent of minimum wage earners are the primary breadwinners for their families. Bureau of Labor Statistics show the vast majority of minimum wage earners are teens living at… -
Minimum wage not the solution to high rents
April 2009 · Kristen Lopez Eastlick · Connecticut Post
An inaccurate story (“Rents unaffordable, especially in Fairfield County,” Connecticut Post, April 14) recently purported that a wage rate at least twice the state minimum wage is necessary to pay rent to live in Connecticut. What the article failed to acknowledge is that only 15 percent of minimum-wage earners are the primary breadwinners for their families. The vast majority of minimum-wage earners are teens living at home… -
Minimum wage hike will cut teen jobs
April 2009 · Tim Miller · Daily Herald
Teens seeking jobs will continue to find the search difficult as long as minimum wage mandates are in place. (“Suburban teens find tough adult competition,” April 12 Daily Herald). Research from the University of Georgia in 2006 found that every 10 percent increase in the minimum wage was associated with a 4.6 to 9.0 percent decline in teenage employment in small businesses. This data bore out last… -
Minimum wage hike often weakens economy
April 2009 · Tim Miller · Sheboygan Press
Bennett Kunert fails to acknowledge the very real consequences of minimum wage hikes, especially indexing the wage rate in his letter on March 22. Putting minimum wage increases on autopilot — without any mechanism for stopping the increases during a recession — is an extremely misguided policy that is yielding disastrous results for vulnerable employees in the state. Decades of economic research predicted that there would be… -
Minimum wage
January 2009 · Tim Miller · Carlsbad Current Argus
Editor: Things are only going to get worse for local businesses in Carlsbad. (“Employers dealing with minimum wage hike,” Dec. 26). Pecos River Café owner Diana Cerny said, “I don’t agree with the minimum increasing all the time.” Unfortunately, this is exactly what will occur annually as Obama plans to index the minimum wage to inflation meaning increases every single year. As the Obama administration drives for…