Standing up to Union Thugs

Most rational people might think that in today’s economy, with 9.4 percent unemployment rates, that workers would be happy to see a business putting their fellow laborers to work. That would not be the case for Carpenters Local No. 1319 of Santa Fe.
Instead, the union is protesting (subscription required) the fact that Lone Sun Builders [...]

Santa Fe Business Owners Hurting Over Minimum Wage

Most economists worth their salt oppose government wage mandates for the simple fact that politicians have much less knowledge about what a “fair” wage is than do employers and workers making decisions in a free economy. Santa Fe’s “chickens” of government-mandated wage inflation are now coming home to roost. In fact, business owners in the [...]

Teenage Unemployment and the Minimum Wage

During times of strong economic growth, the politics of the minimum wage seem to tilt in the direction of “higher and faster.” After all, when unemployment is at historical lows and job growth is strong, we all feel like wages should be rising.
Now, as the economy weakens, we see the proverbial “chickens” of artificially-mandated wages [...]

Schools Losing Workers to Wal-Mart

This article about a new Wal Mart being built in Edgewood, NM, really caught my attention. In the article, it was revealed that the Edgewood Schools have lost three bus drivers to the retailer, with as many as five additional employees considering a job move. Wal Mart plans to hire as many as 400 people [...]

Maryland Follows in the steps of Santa Fe

Maryland has already made headlines this year by passing the nation’s first “living wage” bill. Fortunately, the bill only forced government employers (and not your average business) to pay the absurd cost of $11.30 per hour.
Unfortunately, Howard County wants to pass an even higher living wage bill. One of the prime arguments is [...]

Global Warming

As recently as earlier this year, I was willing to give the global warming crowd the benefit of the doubt and at least consider that reducing one’s “carbon footprint” might be a good thing. But alot has happened since then and I’ve been educating myself on the issue. Sometimes, given the “debate” going on in [...]

A Glimpse into Our Future

Recently, Albuquerque became the fourth city in the nation to impose its own local minimum wage, following the lead of Santa Fe despite the well-documented harm to The City Different’s low-skilled workers. Before we can begin to measure the effects of this mandate on the state’s largest economy, Governor Richardson is set on imposing [...]

Even Pelosi Undersands the Impact of Minimum Wages

New Mexico politicians and Governor Richardson in particular, should heed the unspoken advice of Speaker Pelosi: Mandating wage hikes reduces jobs for the unskilled and raises the cost of doing business. That is what Pelosi undoubtedly had in mind when she exempted American Samoa from recent minimum wage legislation on behalf of some tuna canners [...]

More Minimum Wage Madness

Last night, Bernalillo County became quite possibly the only county in America to set its own minimum wage above the federall rate. The fact that minimum wages are bad policy has been mentioned repeatedly at this site and by the Foundation in general.
The fallacy of minimum wages is repeated in the example cited by the [...]

The Parade of Wishful Thinkers Lengthens

It’s not just the governor. Now Bernalillo County is considering a new minimum wage law:
The county proposal, calling for a minimum wage of $6.75 per hour on Jan. 1, will be formally introduced Tuesday at a County Commission meeting.
It will be sponsored by Alan Armijo, chairman of the commission. He said it makes sense to [...]

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