By Michael Nielsen
Oregon’s minimum wage laws Buy diclofenac without prescription, are changing our economy, and it doesn’t seem to be for the better. Diclofenac vendors, When analyzing Monthly Current Population Survey data from the Census Bureau for 2012, it is suspicious that we are behind the rest of the nation in teen employment, generic diclofenac, Diclofenac buy drug, while our lowest paid workers are paid the second highest in the country. Teens, order diclofenac no prescription required, Diclofenac online sales, who often hold entry-level, minimum wage jobs, diclofenac india, Best price diclofenac, are severely disadvantaged by this policy.
Oregon’s unemployment among high school graduates aged 18 to 20 tops the national charts, buy cheap diclofenac online, Order diclofenac no rx, with a rise of more than 200% from 2008 to 2011.* This gigantic leap dwarfs the U.S. unemployment rate for the same demographic, buy diclofenac internet, Order discount diclofenac online, which only shows an increase of around 30%. Our minimum wage, being tied to inflation, has increased steadily over the last four years and has been harming the bottom line for employers because of higher labor costs, buy diclofenac without prescription.
It seems impossible that increases in the minimum wage are helping employment rates among teens, diclofenac sales. Cheap diclofenac tablet, Considering that Oregon’s young workers are employed at some of the worst rates in the country, it seems probable that our minimum wage laws are pushing young workers out of the labor market, buy diclofenac overnight delivery. Cheapest diclofenac prices, Our state wage regulations should be seriously reconsidered.
* This number was corrected on 7-9-12 from "more than 300%" in the original post, buy diclofenac from canada. Diclofenac discount, While the rate did more than triple from 2008 to 2011, the increase from 11.1% to 35.4% is actually about 218%, diclofenac buy, Tablet diclofenac, not 300%.
Michael Nielsen is a research associate at Cascade Policy Institute, diclofenac free sample, Oregon’s free market public policy think tank..
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I think the U.S., in an attempt to increase the average driving “experience” should pass legislation that outlaws the operation of any non-Lamborghini vehicle. Then the only cars on the road would be Lamborghinis! Wouldn’t that be great for everyone?
Minimum wage laws not only violate our right to self and right to property, but they also cause many people in need to go unemployed as higher wages are traditionally, and rightfully so, tied with higher skill sets. The response, as Michael points out, is tweaking the balance sheet over with our good friends at the Fed, but as we’ve seen over the past couple years, this only causes greater losses to the working man in the long run.
As an older convenience store employee earning minimum wage – all hourly employees earn within 25 cents per hour of minimum wage, including our most senior workers with more than ten years’ service for our employer – I ask a simple question:
Who needs those minimum wage jobs more, adults who need to pay the rent – of two dozen employees, our homeownership rate is zero, despite an age-diverse workforce which includes several employees over 50 and one over 65 – and put food on the table, or teens looking for recreational funds?
As for minimum wage laws violating our right to property, zoning and land use laws similarly violate our right to property. Thomas Sowell demonstrated that zoning laws redistribute income upward from (generally relatively lower-income) renters to (generally relatively higher-income) homeowners.(Markets and Minorities 1981, Chapter 7).
Those of us who actually work for a living at minimum wage work hard for the meager earnings we take home. Unlike the nearly half of tax filers who pay no federal income tax, most full-time minimum wage earners – most are fortunately childless – pay over $500 per year in federal income tax, plus a larger amount to Oregon, while bearing steep regulatory taxes through the inflated rents we pay.
Congratulations on your coverage of this in the Oregonian’s PolitiFact.
Hope the article gets you some hits on your website and some new connections.
Thanks so much, Nancy!