There is a correlation between the declining value of the dollar the stock market and rising minimum wage. The issue is which is cause and which is effect? It is a government policy to continue to devalue the dollar so debt can be paid with cheaper currency. Politicians argue for a minimum wage to address a problem that they themselves created.

I want $15 an hour for being retired. By the way, a retired person's hours are 24/7 and I demand to be paid by who I pay taxes to.
That would be you though, our leftist "elite betters" do not think that way.
I know my demand makes no sense economically, especially with a $19 trillion national debt.
Hey, I'm just trying to pursue my happiness here.
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

This part of the article struck me as deliberate on the part of Progressives:

"Minimum wages not only cause businesses to cut back on the number of workers or worker hours and perhaps go to robots. It deprives young people of the opportunity to learn the personal workplace habits they will need to get better-paying jobs in the future. And the vast majority of minimum wage workers are not single heads of families. They are students, part-time workers, and the like."

Millenials today would be very insulted to have to be a burger flipper because they have had their egos stroked so much that they believe that they are better than menial labor or entry level work. They believe they should start in management or higher. So why not just eliminate the jobs and start these rubes on the pathway to full time government dependence and guaranteed socialist voters who will gladly turn over more power to the government officials. Unfortunately, before they find that road leads to a dead end, the government will have destroyed our economy.

Minimum wages inherently discriminate in favor of Big Business and Big Labor--and against inexperienced or, more to the point, non-union workers. And the Big Boys want it that way. This is what Nathaniel Branden meant when he said Rand's ideas for capitalism would be far too radical for them to support.

What is in Gov. Brown's best interest?

Maybe its time to look at the leftist ideology more as it is- power hungry and evil. These people are like honey badgers- they dont give a sh$% about the negative consequences of their programs and actually welcome them as opportunities to expand the programs and ask for MORE money.

Why did Gov. Brown say that? Because Gov. Moonbeam doesn't make sense.....

Yes... They truly are that ignorant- and yes they really are that dangerous to the rest of society! Those progressive morons believe this Bernie economics!

The back side of all of this is the need for more cash to buy goods...economic leap frog- raise pay, then the costs of goods goes up...then we need another raise that will inevitable raise the cost of goods once again.
I remember as a teenager going to the drive in movie with my date, grabbing a bite to eat after and filling the gas tank...all on a $5.00 bill...now days it would cost you better than $30.00 to do the same.

these people are groupthink-delusional and need to
find honest work. -- j
.

After Mr. Andy Puzder's comment, there's really nothing more to say. The controlling of minimum wage by the state is more detrimental to the cause it aspires to assuage than any other form of interference.

Because of the altruist morality. Ayn Rand re-
marked about it before.From what I understood of
her theory, people who believe that altruism is
good and self-interest is evil, are going to believe
that the pursuit of one's own good in a free-enter-
prise system is somehow evil, and therefore
somehow will not want to accept free enterprise.
For how can good come out of evil?--
To combat this, it is necessary to combat al-
truism per se.

Hello DrEdwardHudgins,
A is not A with his constituency. I'm not sure it is with Governor Moonbeam either.
Respectfully,
O.A.

For progressives, it's all about feeling good, whether it has a positive or negative result, doesn't matter. Pathetic, when you consider Oklahoma, which doesn't have a mandated minimum wage, has a beginning hourly rate of $13/hr for quick store cashiers. Create a healthy business climate, and the demand for labor will drive wages up.

I have thought for awhile that the liberals should be honest about this $15/hr wage and tell us that what they want is to eliminate ALL jobs in this country that arent worth $15/hr at the present time. The only jobs that will remain are the ones that are worth $15/hour.
That means, by the way, that we need to lay off our 5 manufacturing assemblers and buy the goods from china instead. I GOT the message, and we are taking steps to do just that now.