Quote – Bob McEwen (R-OH), Congressional Record.

When we pass minimum wage legislation it says one thing, Mr. Speaker: It says to the young black in the inner city, it says to the handicapped individual, it says to the young person looking for a first time job, unless you can meet a minimum standard, we will pass a law that says it is a violation of the Federal statute to hire such a person. Mr. Speaker, we can calculate to a certainty the number of people that we will unemploy by raising the minimum wage to various levels. At $4.50, at $5, at $6, hundreds of thousands of people are denied access to the job market. Minimum wage laws create unemployment. That is a mean, vicious thing to do.

Bob McEwen (R-OH), speaking to the House of Representatives: Do Not Outlaw Jobs. Congressional Record, page H7765.

Tuesday, October 31, 1989
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