Sunday, April 19, 2009

Minimum Wage, Maximum Folly



Minimum Wage, Maximum Folly

by Walter Williams  (April 25, 2006)

About a fortnight ago, Mrs. Williams alerted me to an episode of Oprah Winfrey's show titled "Inside the Lives of People Living on Minimum Wage." After a few minutes of watching, I turned it off, not because of the heartrending tales but because most of what was being said was dead wrong.

Let's look at it.

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