http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/22505/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/huffpo-workers-really-deserve-2172-minimum-wage <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> President Obama’s call for an increase to $9-an-hour not enough for left-wing website. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/liz-thatcher">Liz Thatcher</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>According to a new study by the George <a href="https://www.mrc.org/special-reports/special-report-george-soros-godfather-left">Soros-funded</a> Center for Economic Policy and Research, minimum wage should be $21.72 an hour to keep up with the increase of worker productivity. <br /><br />Highlighting that study, The Huffington Post bemoaned President Barack Obama’s call for a higher minimum wage as a “far cry from what workers really deserve,” in a Feb. 13 <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/13/minimum-wage-productivity_n_2680639.html">blog</a> post.<br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/huffpo-workers-really-deserve-2172-minimum-wage" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business Economy Government Barack Obama center for economic policy and research economy George Soros huffington post jobless Minimum Wage minimum wage increase price fixing teen unemployment Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:18:28 +0000 julia.seymour 42652 at http://archive2.mrc.org