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People looking for work—or trying to hold down a full-time, minimum wage job—are victims of Obamacare

We Bet You Haven't Heard This About Obamacare


By Heritage Foundation Amy Payne——--December 5, 2013

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Another push is underway to raise the minimum wage. But what you probably haven’t heard is that Obamacare has already done that.

The plan on the table in Congress would raise the federal minimum wage above $10 an hour (which is higher than all existing state rates). Obamacare’s mandate on employers, however, is already scheduled to raise the hourly cost of hiring a full-time worker past $10 an hour. The idea behind a minimum wage is to help low-income workers. But Obamacare’s mandates will hurt the job prospects of these very workers—and raising the federal minimum wage would further limit the number of jobs available. More...



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