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BOSTON – Activists who successfully fought for a $15 minimum wage increase in California and New York now have their sights set on the Bay State. The Massachusetts minimum wage, currently set at $10 per hour (the highest in the nation, along with Vermont and California), is scheduled to increase to
government
A glance at the overall count of rules and regulations leads one to suppose regulatory burdens are decreasing. After all, since Obama took office the total number of rules and regulations appearing annually in the Federal Register has moved from 3,830 in Bush's last calendar year to
economy
Let's take a look at President Obama's economic legacy. The Washington Examiner opines on President Obama's remarkable claim that he saved the world economy.
money
It's one thing to have a brilliant business idea, but quite another to see it materialize profitably. Many entrepreneurs face hurdles obtaining funding from traditional lenders, and cannot afford business advice from proven experts. This predicament is especially true for women and ethnically-diverse small business owners. To counteract
Barack Obama
As if Dodd-Frank hasn't inflicted enough damage on the economy through its stringent and unnecessary securities rules, the president and his regulatory cronies are at it again, but this time, your cable box is on the hit list. "Competition is good for consumers," President Obama told
liberals
"Poverty is changing, and policy responses must change too," argues an important recent report published by the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute and the left-leaning Brookings Institution. The document — the product of a bipartisan group of top scholars — combines political diversity with shared values to make a dozen recommendations
Massachusetts
"When you run in debt; you give to another power over your liberty." — Benjamin Franklin, The Way to Wealth (1758) Did you know that, courtesy of citizens with a sense of foreboding, there is a version of the U.S. Debt Clock dedicated solely to the aggregate debts
government
The right to own private property without reasonable government interference is a cornerstone of American freedom. In fact, the ability to own land without state intrusion has deep roots in the English common law, and, since the Middle Ages, has been a source of security, peace, and economic stability. So
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