Young Adult Unemployment 52.2%

In 2006 the Democrats rammed a 60 increase of the minimum wage through Congress. The law increased the minimum wage in three steps from Jul 2007 through Jul 2009. The final became effective on 24 Jul 09. This increase coincided with an increase in unemployment of .3% in AUG. Now according to a New York Post article the unemployment rate for young adults is 52.2%. The direct result of increasing the minimum wage is higher unemployment by the workers most likely to be employed by the minimum wage.

Now instead of the young working and building experience the young adults are living with their parents longer and still not receiving any experience. The raise in minimum wage had no choice but to increase unemployment for the young adults. The minimum wage increase was not enacted for the benefit of the young workers who worked for minimum wage garnering employment experience. No it was enacted for the unions that are friendly to the Democrats that enacted this garbage.

One might ask why or how the unions could benefit. The answer is because when there is an increase in minimum wage there is an increase of the rate of pay in many unions. Union labor has to be paid a rate above the minimum wage. This benefit to the unions is at the expense of young adults who are just starting out with work. Instead of working for college spending money young adults are forced to stay at home. Young adults will not have any experience or work record when they start looking for full time employment to live their lives. Yet the unions receive more pay, even as their unemployment increases. As industry closes manufacturing plants, big union receives higher pay and our young can look forward to absolutely nothing.

Obama was carried to victory on the strength of young voters. Yet they are increasingly the people benefiting the least from Democratic policies. The minimum wage increase went to union labor. Even the stimulus package did nothing to invest in jobs for young adults. Instead the stimulus went to further union labor. Union labor helped build this country. However Unions are destroying this country. The minimum wage hikes are directly responsible for having a young adult unemployment rate higher than it has been since WWII. What a shame that unions benefit while the ones that depended on the minimum wage remain unemployed. Just another bad policy meant to redistribute wealth.

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NEPAConservative says:

September 28, 2009 at 6:19 am

If raising the minimum wage is not working then it must be George Bush’s fault

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- Zack says:
  
  January 17, 2010 at 1:39 pm
  
  The problem is there is too many workers and not enough demand. So low wages and unemployment are 2 sides of the same coin more so than they are inversely related.
  What is needed is an outside source of income from the government so everyone is not totally reliant on wages.
  
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September 28, 2009 at 12:26 pm

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Jennifer says:

March 5, 2010 at 11:01 am

Correlation does not imply causation. You basically just stated the same thing over and over again phrased differently to make it sound like you wrote an article. Consider actually having some facts to back up why you think raising minimum wage CAUSED unemployment. I didn’t see anything in this article other than some statistics (which can be made to say anything) to back up your stance so I just can’t take this seriously.

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- NEPAConservative says:
  
  March 5, 2010 at 12:31 pm
  
  What do you think minimum wage should be Jen? 30, 40K per year? In most instances minimum wage jobs are held by those who have done the minimum to get by in life to get by. In my opinion anything higher than what it is now is just another form of welfare. Most minimum wage job holders are NOT the primary wage earners in the home so again should these folks be paid 40k per year?
  
  IF they are what do you think that would do to the hiring power of most small businesses? Do the math babe, if you got 10 people working for you and now your expenses increase you do one of 2 things… Sell your goods and services for MORE money or downsize.
  
  Now you’re the business owner, are you in business for charity or to make a better life for you and your family? You can look at all the stats you want, you should be looking at something called common sense and if that doesn’t work try some 3rd grade math.
  
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  - Zack says:
    
    March 7, 2010 at 1:05 pm
    
    But more and more so, it is difficult to find a job that pays much above minimum wage, even if people have skills. The only minimum wage jobs left are the high stress, noisy fast-paced environments that are not sustainable for the worker, emotionally, physically, and financially. All the jobs are corporate: almost no opportunity to move up for hard workers unless they have a degree. A lot of people weren’t meant to go to college. Coursework if almost impossible for them. Yet we keep hearing how “everyone” needs to go to college now, even if they get into debt and work for low wages. Don’t put the burden of a “liveable” wage on small business owners. People don’t deserve to be paid a lot of money to work. They DO, however deserve to be compensated for all the land and natural resources kept from them. Put the emphasis on entitlement to wealth, not the right to EARN wealth.
    
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