Rent Seeking and Minimum Wage
It’s bad enough that the electorate believe that they must pick the “lesser of two evils” in political races – compounded by the fact that the two evils are so centrist as to be almost indiscernably different. It’s completely another thing when the elected officials choose between the lesser of two evils, considering that the third option, i.e., doing nothing is available. But Leviathan isn’t satisfied by inaction. His hunger is only satiated by arbitrary mandates, restrictions and regulations. Governor Granholm is expected to sign into law the iniative that would significantly raise Michgan’s Minimum Wage. Now, when the ballot proposal mandating a 44% increase in the minimum wage is “much more resposible” than amending the State Constitution to include annual COL increases – you know that the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Employment & Labor, Michigan
score one for the little guys (or at least the out-of-staters)
The other day, I saw the news I wanted to see . . . I first heard about the situation here in Michigan a few months ago on the radio, but because I’m lazy I hadn’t paid much attention to it of late. Anyways, the situation was that Michigan had enacted a law forbidding the interstate sale of liquors/beers/wines – that is, you couldn’t buy mail order booze. It comes as no surprise that the “Special Interests” behind this legislation were the Michigan based alcohol distributors, and to an extent, some of the state’s vinyards. Now, this struck a chord for me on several levels – first was a free trade issue, if you can’t have free trade between states, you can’t expect to have anything like it between … Read entire article »
Filed under: Legalese, Michigan, Subsidize This!