In Utah alone, I have heard from no fewer than 184 people who are at risk of losing their livelihoods. Many of those who share these same concerns are our neighbors, they are everyday Americans, and they have legitimate medical concerns. pic.twitter.com/sKY4xskK2y

— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) October 5, 2021

President Biden’s #vaccinemandate is causing thousands of front-line workers, military personnel, and everyday American workers to lose their jobs.

Thank you, @SenMikeLee for standing up for Americans who don’t want to choose between a government-mandated vaccine and their job. https://t.co/FnJggJkaaN

— Texas Public Policy Foundation (@TPPF) October 5, 2021

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FEE’s Brad Polumbo has made an excellent video breaking down the reasons why a $15 minimum wage won’t work.

Brad starts by answering the arguments of self-identified socialist and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. Sanders says in a video clip, “No worker in this country can make it on nine or ten bucks an hour, yet millions are forced to do that and that is why as a nation we have to understand that a 7.25 minimum wage at the national level is an insult.

“We’ve got to raise that minimum wage to a living wage $15 an hour,” Sanders adds. “Our goal must be to say that in America if you work 40 hours a week you are not living in poverty.”

Polumbo replies, “The biggest problem that jumps out to me right away when I hear people like Bernie talk about the minimum wage is that their entire argument is basically emotional. It’s about what should be about what people supposedly deserve.”

“But the real world doesn’t really take those factors into account,” Brad notes. “The real minimum wage whether Bernie Sanders likes it or not is always zero, as economist Thomas Sowell famously said.”

“So he can talk about levels of wages that are insulting, or the fact of that Americans should be able to live off a certain wage, but none of that really addresses any of the market realities or any of the practical impacts of what raising the mandatory wage would be,” Polumbo says.

Polumbo then notes that Sanders’ policy idea will put people out of work.

“It’s more emotional fluff than actual policy argument,” Polumbo insists. “The ugly truth of the $15 minimum wage is that it will put many of those same workers folks like Bernie want to help out of a job entirely.”

Polumbo adds, “You don’t need to be an economist to understand why.”

Watch the video here.

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Joe Biden’s abysmal six-month economic report card

In mid-July, President Joe Biden bragged about good economic and jobs news.

But the July jobs report has shown slower changes in unemployment numbers.

Why? Because the government continued to pay people to stay home.

The July jobs report has shown slower changes in unemployment numbers as the government pays people to stay home.

Thanks to @WaysandMeansGOP for highlighting @POTUS‘ abysmal report card. pic.twitter.com/qEHCSb1fA4

— Congresswoman Kat Cammack (@RepKatCammack) August 9, 2021

From GOP Ways and Means: “With the July jobs report showing movement with lower unemployment and revisions upward of past months, Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement:

‘Thanks in part to Republican governors removing the Biden work barrier that pays the jobless more to stay home than to work, the July jobs report finally met expectations—although the President’s jobs deficit still remains high at 298,000 and Main Street businesses are still struggling to find workers.

‘The labor force participation rate still hasn’t improved in 2021, which is a red flag for tepid growth ahead. And while we will get the full data in mid-August, it appears rising prices will continue to beat wage growth for a seventh consecutive month, meaning inflation under President Biden will continue to shrink the purchasing power of families.”

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