Pundit

Jamie Whyte

Warning: Annual minimum wage debate could lead to hysteria and unscientific claims

It never ceases to amaze me how outraged the richest people get when you suggest paying poor people a little bit more.

Act’s new leader Jamie Whyte said it was "hard to think of a crueler policy" for people most in need of work than increasing the minimum wage.

Say what? Cruel to pay people on the lowest incomes 50c more? Surely he can think of something crueler than that, like not having a minimum wage at all.

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