HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

$30/hour would be twice as good

Written January 14th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

If Democratic lawmakers, initiative sponsors and the governor all think they can force employers to pay higher wages, why do they settle for half-measures? Why don’t they just go ahead and require that everybody with a job be paid, say, $20 an hour, or $30 for an even better deal?


 
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