Tag Archives: Mike Michaud

Is discrimination the only explanation for the wage gap?

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As Equal Pay Day rolls around, crusading politicians President Barack Obama and gubernatorial hopeful U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-2nd District, misleadingly trot out Bureau of Labor Statistics data stating that women make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns — for the same work or in the same job. While the narrative sounds like […]

On minimum wage, the free market should be able to do its thing

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The latest wealth redistribution plan is picking up speed this election year, complete with the requisite Obamanomics propaganda machine rolling into town. In this case it’s Washington, D.C.-based Americans United for Change bringing in the PR juggernaut on a well-appointed bus. Portland Mayor Mike Brennan and gubernatorial hopeful U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud have jumped on […]