By Matt Rooney _ The unintended but totally predictable consequences of New Jersey’s recent minimum wage hike law continue to pile up, Save Jerseyans. The latest casualty: the disabled. – As New Jersey’s minimum wage continues to rise (it hit Read More
WILDWOOD, N.J. – The Wildwood Boardwalk’s legendary tram cars are a staple of summer at the Jersey Shore. Tourists will be paying higher fares for the 2020 season, and it’s a direct result of a 2019 state minimum wage law. Read More
By Matt Rooney _ New Jersey’s minimum wage just hit $11 per hour, Save Jerseyans, and will reach $15 in 2024 pursuant to last year’s new law. Small businesses are going to feel the pinch. Their employees will get the Read More
VINELAND, N.J. – Governor Phil Murphy’s 2019 minimum wage law just bumped up New Jersey’s minimum wage another $1, from $10 to $11 effective January 1st. And it’ll continue to rise, too, upon hitting $15 and thereafter as it is Read More
By Matt Rooney – I doubt you’ve checked this Thursday’s list for the Senate Labor Committee this week, Save Jerseyans. If you had, you would’ve noticed something interesting on the minimum wage front: – A quick refresher: New Jersey’s minimum Read More
By Rich Pezzullo _ Tell me anything that took 12 years to accomplish in 1960 that takes that long today? Hmm Education of a useful productive adult human? Politicians touting free college are trying to make the case that now Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – One of the many unintended consequences of New Jersey’s recent minimum wage increase is already biting taxpayers in the rear end. This week, the Murphy Administration announced a $54 million increase in subsidies for some qualifying families’ Read More
By Matt Rooney _ Cory Booker devoted his Labor Day 2019 to a Time guest op-ed in which the junior New Jersey senator sanctimoniously complains about U.S. wage growth (among other economic issues). “The President likes to tweet about stock Read More
By Hal Wirths _ The House of Representatives recently passed a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025. The Raise the Wage Act is similar to New Jersey’s law, increasing the tipped wage and wages for Read More
