The problem is raising the minimum wage actually hurts, not helps, low-income workers. Minimum wage laws make it illegal to have a job that pays below the government mandated limit. If that wage is more than a job provider will pay for a certain job, then no worker can get—or keep—that job.
Martin, Catherine. “Harmful Employment Laws Wage War on Low-Income Workers.” Mackinac Center for Public Policy. (http://www.mackinac.org/article.aspx?ID=1719).
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