Raise Minimum Wage, Layoff People

It didn't do much good to say this before the herd gained sped, but the evidence is now coming in, and it's bad. You increase the costs for business, you can expect to find business will find a way to reduce those increased costs.

New wage boost puts squeeze on teenage workers across Arizona
Oh, for the days when Arizona's high school students could roll pizza dough, sweep up sticky floors in theaters or scoop ice cream without worrying about ballot initiatives affecting their earning power.

That's certainly not the case under the state's new minimum-wage law that went into effect last month.

Some Valley employers, especially those in the food industry, say payroll budgets have risen so much that they're cutting hours, instituting hiring freezes and laying off employees.

And teens are among the first workers to go.

Does anyone actually buy the nonsense that the minimum wage has to be aliving wage? Who can live on the minimum wage?