Protecting the Most Vulnerable

03/13/2015 Mises Wire John P. Cochran

In a Wall Street Journal article “GOP Targets Medicaid, Food Stamps” Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), top member of the Democratic caucus on the Senate Budget Committee, is quoted as saying, “I will do everything in my power to make sure we pass a budget that does not harm the most vulnerable Americans”. It would be nice if this concern for the most vulnerable Americans was real and would transfer over to the minimum wage issue where real harm is done to the most vulnerable. If he was truly concerned and consistent in his beliefs, Senator Sanders would be a leading advocate for repealing, not raising, the minimum wage.

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