Government-imposed minimum wages: A world that cultivates every person’s inner Veruca Salt

After seven years of Obama and the Democrats, this is how things look in this country

Bookworm Room  "A month ago, my Facebook feed (which reflects the fact that many of my friends are Progressives) was suddenly overrun by a series of posters, all pointing out that minimum wage work is insufficient to support the cost of a two bedroom apartment.  It’s unlikely that the new minimum wage laws that went into effect on January 1, 2016, in 14 states will change these charts:

"Also, in a charming irony, that problem is worse in most blue states compared to most red ones, as you’ll see if you compare the two charts below:"

. . . "The traditional American system, whereby a person or a family, unfettered by government diktats, and aided by hard work, talent, and often strong family ties, leaves poverty behind, is what a Leftist of my acquaintance disdainfully calls “incrementalism.” Incrementalism, I was given to understand, has to make way for the Veruca Salt doctrine mandating that everyone gets it all now."