The left won't admit it, but Friday's employment report is yet more proof that President Trump's policies have achieved in a little more than one year something progressive politicians have been championing for nearly forever: a fairly significant increase in the federal minimum wage.
Trump hasn't officially agreed to raise the federal minimum wage above its current level of $7.25 an hour, but then again, he doesn't have to.
Because the Times can't stand to give Trump any credit, the story was framed that this shortage was a bad thing, a terrible burden for wealthy construction companies and contractors.
We can argue about efficacies of wall building in curtailing illegal immigration another time, but the numbers don't lie: Friday's employment report showed continued jobs gains and, lo and behold, a continued increase in wages.
For years wages and benefits have remained stagnant on the low end despite all efforts by progressives from former President Barack Obama and various elected officials to increase the minimum wage and force employers to offer workers additional perks.
Businesses are growing because of the Trump administration is cutting regulations, and taxes and the labor pool on the low end.
The left loves to portray the president as xenophobic, but how is any of this racist if the beneficiaries are minorities and legal immigrants who often work in these jobs and are no longer worried about being replaced by an endless flow of cheap labor?
https://nypost.com/2019/04/05/how-trumps-border-policies-are-boosting-wage-growth/
Trump hasn't officially agreed to raise the federal minimum wage above its current level of $7.25 an hour, but then again, he doesn't have to.
Because the Times can't stand to give Trump any credit, the story was framed that this shortage was a bad thing, a terrible burden for wealthy construction companies and contractors.
We can argue about efficacies of wall building in curtailing illegal immigration another time, but the numbers don't lie: Friday's employment report showed continued jobs gains and, lo and behold, a continued increase in wages.
For years wages and benefits have remained stagnant on the low end despite all efforts by progressives from former President Barack Obama and various elected officials to increase the minimum wage and force employers to offer workers additional perks.
Businesses are growing because of the Trump administration is cutting regulations, and taxes and the labor pool on the low end.
The left loves to portray the president as xenophobic, but how is any of this racist if the beneficiaries are minorities and legal immigrants who often work in these jobs and are no longer worried about being replaced by an endless flow of cheap labor?
https://nypost.com/2019/04/05/how-trumps-border-policies-are-boosting-wage-growth/
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