Unintended consequences come with minimum wage and overtime exemption increases
On January 1, the state’s minimum wage and overtime exemption thresholds increased by more than nine percent. More specifically, the minimum wage was raised from $11 per hour to $12 […]
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Here’s what lawmakers want to debate in the Second Session
They’re at it again. On September 27th, lawmakers were required to submit all of their legislative requests to the Revisor’s Office to ensure they would be considered by the Legislative […]
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Maine’s higher minimum wage is doing tangible harm to young workers
Lawmakers in Augusta have proposed a spate of bills this session in an attempt to mitigate the negative effects of Maine’s 2016 minimum wage hike, which will bring our wage […]
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Reductions in child poverty not a result of minimum wage increases
Last month, the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) published a study on the minimum wage in Maine, arguing that its effects on low-income families and children are overwhelmingly positive. Regular […]
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Minimum wage propaganda drives higher prices and taxes
Maine’s progressives have been selling the benefits of the minimum wage increase using faulty analysis. Don’t buy the hype. Our businesses and our state budget will face significant challenges when […]
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MECEP’s Shoddy Defense of Minimum Wage Hike Ignores Basic Research Methods
Earlier this year, the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a left-wing think tank, published an article written by its budget and education analyst, James Myall. The piece, entitled “Minimum Wage […]
Read More →Seattle offers a chilling example for Maine on minimum wage
There are numerous anecdotal reasons that conservatives oppose raising the minimum wage. Doing so increases labor costs for companies, which has a plethora of negative impacts on workers and employers. […]
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MHPC Releases Question 4 Report on Minimum Wage
AUGUSTA- Today, The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) released a new report, Unintended Consequences: How the minimum wage hike in Question 4 would kill jobs, raise prices and hurt Maine’s […]
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Pro-Minimum Wage Study Filled with Flaws
Recently, advocates of increasing Maine’s minimum wage published a study highlighting the alleged benefits of raising Maine’s minimum wage to $12 per hour. However, this study is riddled with inaccuracies […]
Read More →Question 4: Eliminating the Tip Credit Is Bad for Business
In the last few months, The Maine Wire has drawn attention to the dangers of Question 4, a proposal on the ballot this November to raise the minimum wage over […]
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