Should we raise the minimum wage? I don't think so. Let me explain why.My name is Sebastian Giraldo, and this is the Giraldo Show, the Conservative Podcast.The Giraldo Show is a weekday (Monday-Friday) podcast production, with new episodes releasing at 1:00 PM EST.The Giraldo Show is now available on nine platforms! Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube, Podbean, and more now support the Giraldo Show. Other platforms coming soon! Use the links on Podbean to go to the other platforms! Musical Intro/Outro: Electro Metal - Natural Dualities by Joseph McDadeSources (not in order of usage):https://www.dailywire.com/news/49867/businesses-ca-city-nations-highest-minimum-wage-hank-berrienhttps://www.dailywire.com/news/49292/heres-how-many-jobs-would-be-lost-15-minimum-wage-amanda-prestigiacomohttps://www.dailywire.com/news/50331/new-yorkers-discover-something-bad-about-minimum-hank-berrienCongressional Budget Office, “The Effects of Minimum-Wage Increase on Employment and Family Income,” cbo.gov, Feb. 2014George Reisman, “How Minimum Wage Laws Increase Poverty,” Mises Institute website, Apr. 4, 2014Thomas Grennes and Andris Strazds, “Is the Minimum Wage an Effective Way to Reduce Poverty or Inequality?,” EconoMonitor, June 2, 2015Sean Williams “Bernie Sanders’ Plan to Raise the Minimum Wage Has Plenty of Flaws,” Business Insider, Aug. 23, 2015Tim Worstall, “Walmart’s Oakland Store Closure: Oakland’s Minimum Wage Is Blamed,” Forbes, Jan. 18, 2016Daniel Aaronson and Eric French, “How Does a Federal Minimum Wage Hike Affect Aggregate Household Spending?,” Chicago Fed Letter, Aug. 2013Greg McClure, “Study: Raising Wages to $15 an Hour for Limited-Service Restaurant Employees Would Raise Prices 4.3 Percent,” purdue.edu, July 27, 2015Drew DeSilver, “Who Makes Minimum Wage?,” Pew Research Center website, Sep. 8, 2014US Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Civilian Labor Force by Age, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity,” bls.gov, Dec. 8, 2015Matthew Rousu, “Let’s Eliminate the Minimum Wage for Teenagers,” Forbes, Apr. 7, 2014Casey B. Mulligan, “The Minimum Wage and Teenage Jobs,” New York Times, Nov. 18, 2009Thomas A. Mroz and Timothy H. Savage, “The Long-Term Effects of Youth Unemployment,” Employment Policies Institute website, Oct. 2001Learn Liberty, “Economics: Is Raising Minimum Wage a Bad Idea? – Learn Liberty,” youtube.com, Jan. 14, 2016Seth Zimmerman, “Labor Market Institutions and Economic Mobility,” urban.org (accessed Feb. 25, 2016)Gallup, “US Small-Business Owners Split on Raising Minimum Wage,” gallup.com, Nov. 22, 2013
