Post by pavel on Feb 26, 2016 6:16:51 GMT -6
On Thursday, state Sen. Jabo Waggoner, R-Vestavia Hills, warned his colleagues in the Alabama Legislature that raising the minimum wage in Birmingham would devastate businesses there, cause hard-working people to lose their jobs and send the regional economy into a slump.
"I can promise you employment will go downhill," Waggoner said.
And on Thursday, state Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, argued forcefully that hiking the minimum employees would lift families out of poverty and inject new spending into the regional economy.
"When you lift a person on the bottom, everybody above them is lifted up," Smitherman said.
Read more: www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/02/birminghams_minimum_wage_fight.html
"I can promise you employment will go downhill," Waggoner said.
And on Thursday, state Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, argued forcefully that hiking the minimum employees would lift families out of poverty and inject new spending into the regional economy.
"When you lift a person on the bottom, everybody above them is lifted up," Smitherman said.
Read more: www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/02/birminghams_minimum_wage_fight.html