Category Archives: minimum wage

Morning Awful: McNugget Violence

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: McNugget Violence”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFast food is a dangerous job. Doing worker’s comp investigations, I’ve seen fast-food workers endure massive 3rd-degree burns, endure gunpoint robbery, take shots from random armed lunatics, and then be accused of malingering. This … Continue reading →

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Nickel and Dimed

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Nickel and Dimed”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailOnce again, the hardest-working Americans are the least likely to be treated well and the most likely to be exploited. Rresearchers were stunned to learn how widespread abusive practices were. Among the most depressing findings … Continue reading →

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Minimum Wage

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Minimum Wage”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailPopular wisdom will tell you that an increase in the minimum wage is bad for the economy. That view is propagated by Economics 101 professors, but it’s based only on theory — there’s absolutely no hard … Continue reading →

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