The Racist Roots of Minimum Wage Laws

Feb. 8, 2017
It's Wednesday in Washington, and Senate Democrats just don't want President Trump to fill his Cabinet. Their boycotting of committee votes is something different, Melissa Quinn shows. The Trump administration gives itself some wiggle room on replacing Obamacare, Fred Lucas reports. Plus: John-Michael Seibler on views Trump's Supreme Court nominee shares with the man he would succeed, Jason Snead on how spoilsport bureaucrats interfered with the Super Bowl, and Katrina Trinko on what the minimum wage is for. Be prepared: It's Boy Scouts Day.
News Trump Faces Senate Boycotts on Nominees That Bush, Obama Didn't "President Trump has the fewest Cabinet secretaries confirmed at this point than any other incoming president since George Washington," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday. Read More
Commentary This Woman's Minimum Wage Story Shows the Left's Troubling Mindset "I already know what Trump/Puzder economics look like because I'm living it every day. Despite giving everything I had to [labor secretary nominee Andy] Puzder's company for 21 years, I left without a penny of savings, with no health care and no pension," wrote JoAnn Wise for The Washington Post. Read More
News White House: Trump Won't Rush Obamacare Replacement Trump will use his business skills to negotiate lower prices and foster more competition in the health care market—but he doesn't want to rush things, says White House press secretary Sean Spicer. Read More
News Watch Mitch McConnell Shut Down Elizabeth Warren for Attack on Jeff Sessions As the Senate debated the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., accused Sessions of trying to "chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens." Watch the Video
Commentary One Way Neil Gorsuch Will Carry Scalia's Legacy on the Supreme Court Gorsuch would carry on Scalia's legacy of respect for the rule of law and his keen awareness of how federal criminal law has been misused to punish Americans for minor mistakes that don't warrant federal prosecution. Read More
Commentary The Racist Roots of Minimum Wage Laws "During South Africa's apartheid era, racist unions, which would never accept a black member, were the major supporters of minimum wages for blacks," writes Walter Williams. Read More
Commentary Big Government Couldn't Even Stay Out of the Super Bowl Anyone flying a drone within 34.5 miles of the stadium was subject to criminal prosecution for violating the Federal Aviation Administration's temporary flight restriction, which is punishable by a $100,000 criminal fine and up to a year in prison. Read More
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