Show-Me Now! Raising the Minimum Wage Costs Jobs

By Jessica Stearns on Apr 24, 2015

Show-Me Institute intern Jessica Stearns talks about the recent “Show-Me $15” campaign for a higher state-wide minimum wage. She points out that the minimum wage hurts the people it is suppose to help because employers inevitably fire workers to deal with their higher labor costs.

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