Newt Gingrich is the leading candidate to be Donald Trump’s running mate. Gingrich was an early defender of Trump and confidant and advisor behind the scenes for him. After that, minimum wages are exactly the wrong way to go if you want to create jobs for American citizens. The minimum wage reduces employment of unskilled workers and will blow out tens of thousands of jobs for teenagers, vital to their development as productive members of society. In addition, the only people hurt by raising the minimum wage is the people who make minimum wage. It’s nothing more than class warfare and propaganda. Wages are determined by supply and demand not the government. Conservatives need to push a liberty agenda to challenge Donald Trump on this issue so that he is not pushed to the left.
Published on May 11, 2016 18:05