Minimum wage to 9 an hour, up from 7. 25. The plan was unveiled in the president s state of the Union Address last night. And today it rekindled a nationwide debate of whether the measure would help or hurt workers and businesses, and the economy. Darren gersh reports. Reporter supporters of a higher minimum wage increase point to studies showing little impact on employment after the pay at the bottom of the job market goes up. One reason is that employers may actually come out ahead when they are forced to pay workers more. Productivity and Job Satisfaction improve and turnover falls. So employers get to reap the benefits of lower hiring and firing costs, lower turnover costs. Hiring and firing is actually very expensive to companies, so if you pay people a little higher wage, they have more job stability. Thats actually good for everyone. Reporter of course, were talking about economics, which means there are other studies that show a minimum wage hike is most likely to hurt those wh
From 7. 25. The plan was unveiled in the president s state of the Union Address last night. And today it rekindled a nationwide debate of whether the measure would help or hurt workers and businesses, and the economy. Darren gersh reports. Reporter supporters of a higher minimum wage increase point to studies showing little impact on employment after the pay at the bottom of the job market goes up. One reason is that employers may actually come out ahead when they are forced to pay workers more. Productivity and Job Satisfaction improve and turnover falls. So employers get to reap the benefits of lower hiring and firing costs, lower turnover costs. Hiring and firing is actually very expensive to companies, so if you pay people a little higher wage, they have more job stability. Thats actually good for everyone. Reporter of course, were talking about economics, which means there are other studies that show a minimum wage hike is most likely to hurt those who need it most. Critics point
What other bits of information fall in this gap between metadata and content . What is the third category . What is the right word for it . It is just a third category, mr. Chee fits chaffetz. These of the telephone records we were talking about uncovered by the 215 program. , the actualtent conversations themselves, and any number of things that may follow between those and it is not just a third category but probably a continual. What else would be in the continuum . Sorry . What else . Its hard for me to hypothesize a about the many things that are out there and where they would fall in the continuum. Todayres a report out about license plates and that information being collected by thousands of camera readers stored about a specific location. Does that fall within this category . In which category . License plate readers. It comes down to the expectation of privacy which is what the court based its ruling on. Do you believe i have a reasonable expectation of privacy on my specific
Is it the middle Class College students or is it poor adults . And i would be more nervous if it was the poor adults. Reporter so, if the evidence is mixed, changing the minimum wage is a bit of a risk. And for some, thats a reason to hold off. Im more comfortable doing it in a stronger labor market. More comfortable doing it if a fair amount of time has elapsed since the last time we did it. I would be comfortable waiting a few more years before doing this again, and then i would do it. Reporter indexing the minimum wage to inflation would eliminate the need for congress to continually debate the issue. The president favors that, but republicans think it doesnt make sense to put a bad idea on autopilot. Darren gersh, n. B. R. , washington. Susie president obama also used last nights speech to push for an increase in Cyber Security. His proposal set the stage for a fresh debate on the urgency for cybersecurity. The president made the case that americas power grid, Financial Institution
Students or is it poor adults . And i would be more nervous if it was the poor adults. Reporter so, if the evidence is mixed, changing the minimum wage is a bit of a risk. And for some, thats a reason to hold off. Im more comfortable doing it in a stronger labor market. More comfortable doing it if a fair amount of time has elapsed since the last time we did it. I would be comfortable waiting a few more years before doing this again, and then i would do it. Reporter indexing the minimum wage to inflation would eliminate the need for congress to continually debate the issue. The president favors that, but republicans think it doesnt make sense to put a bad idea on autopilot. Darren gersh, n. B. R. , washington. Susie president obama also used last nights speech to push for an increase in Cyber Security. His proposal set the stage for a fresh debate on the urgency for cybersecurity. The president made the case that americas power grid, Financial Institutions and air Traffic Control syste