Publications
Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!
May 5, 2021
In this Research & Commentary, Samantha Fillmore examines a Senate Bill in Rhode Island that would raise the minimum wage.
Following the financial roller coaster that was 2020, many state legislatures are beginning sessions reeling from budget deficits due to lost tax revenue courtesy of the coronavirus-related recession. Because of the perilous economic situation, many states are considering quick fixes to address their budget shortfalls, even though these so-called quick fixes would likely make matters worse over the long term. Ocean State lawmakers, like many others, have proposed legislation proposed that would hike the state’s minimum wage. More specifically, Senate Bill 689 proposes raising the state’s minimum wage from $11.50 per hour to $16 per hour, by January 1, 2023. If passed, the minimum wage hike would begin incrementally, with an increase to $13 per hour on October 1, 2021. The min
Proving that CNN is all on board with the socialist agenda,
New Day co-hosts John Berman and Brianna Keilar on Tuesday morning brought on Nina Turner, 2020 Bernie Sanders campaign co-chair and now congressional candidate to replace Rep. Marcia Fudge. The CNN hosts offered no pushback as Turner claimed the minimum wage should be closer to $25 an hour and described the Green New Deal as a beautiful thing to do.
Berman began the segment by sympathizing with Turner that Democrats were unable to pass a $15 dollar an hour minimum wage because “the Senate Parliamentarian wouldn’t let it happen.” He then asked Turner “is it enough” that President Biden signed an executive order mandating that all federal contractors pay their employees at least $15 dollar an hour.
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Proponents say that the increase is long overdue, essential for addressing everything from the affordable housing crisis to income inequity. The EPI estimates that, should the act pass, earnings would rise for roughly one in three Black workers and one in four Hispanic workers compared to one in five white workers. Further, in the wake of the pandemic, the EPI estimates that nine out of every 10 workers who would receive pay increases under a $15 federal minimum wage would be those who can’t work from home overwhelmingly Black, Latinx, and Native American workers.
Business-centric Republicans and those aligned with them have trotted out their predictable, party-line responses to the bill: that it would harm business (small businesses in particular), force companies to turn to job cuts, and have overall negative impacts on the economy. Some have said that raising the minimum wage would increase crime or, as one Florida state senator has argued, disproportionately harm people with
Publications
Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!
April 5, 2021
In this Research & Commentary, Samantha Fillmore examines a Senate Bill in New Hampshire that would raise the minimum wage.
Following the financial roller coaster that was 2020, many state legislatures are beginning sessions reeling from budget deficits due to lost tax revenue courtesy of the coronavirus-related recession. Because of the perilous economic situation, many states are considering quick fixes to address their budget problems, even though these so-called quick fixes would likely make matters worse over the long term. The Granite State, like many others, saw legislation proposed that would increase the state’s minimum wage. More specifically, Senate Bill 136 proposes raising the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $12 per hour, by January 1, 2024.