Michael Saltsman

The fallacy of minimum wage as a poverty reducing policy

Minimum wage is not a poverty reducing policy. Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss recent unemployment facts and research that shows how the current level of minimum wage has actually harmed the poor and increased unemployment.

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Will the next election cause another increase in minimum wage? Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the likelihood that minimum wage would be increased if Democrats win control of Congress and the White House in 2012.
Are more minimum wage increases justified? Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the economic damage that would result from another minimum wage increase.
Incredibly, with unemployment at record levels, some want to increase minimum wage. Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to report that some in Congress want to raise minimum wage again.
How raising minimum wage hurts unskilled workers. Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the minimum wage is contributing to the high unemployment rate for unskilled workers.
Why is minimum wage sinister and an evil political device? Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why minimum wage is sinister and a political ploy and why raising it does more harm than good.