you can t have a minimum wage. you certainly can t raise the minimum wage. because that will mean employers will higher fewer people. unemployment will go up. you will cost people their jobs. it s always the same argument. but here s the thing. we can check to see if that argument works. because we ve done this before a zillion times. at various times we have both established a minimum wage and raised the minimum wage in states like florida, colorado, ohio, missouri, alaska, kansas, just about anywhere in the country. when it happens federally we can compare before and after and when it happens between states we can compare what happens. this isn t a hypothetical question. we can look at the cause and effect of these policies. this is empirical. this is knowable. and here s what we know. raising the minimum wage has little to no effect on low wage employment. it s an empirical thing.
elected office. and when you raise the price of employment, guess what happens. you get less of it. that has been the argument since the dawn of time. you can t have a minimum wage. you certainly can t raise the minimum wage. because that will mean employers will higher fewer people. unemployment will go up. you will cost people their jobs. it s always the same argument. but here s the thing. we can check to see if that argument works. because we ve done this before a zillion times. at various times we have both established a minimum wage and raised the minimum wage in states like florida, colorado, ohio, missouri, alaska, kansas, just about anywhere in the country. when it happens federally we can compare before and after and when it happens between states we can compare what happens. this isn t a hypothetical question. we can look at the cause and effect of these policies. this is empirical. this is know annuable. and here s what we know. raising the minimum wage has
captions by vitac www.vitac.com chuck brown, chuck brown. godfather, go, go! he recently died. passed last week. the godfather of go-go missed my radar. hes into go-go. we ll get him some by the end of the day. that s roland martin s play list because he s doing a tutorial on go-go. roller skates and short dresses? the music never stops and keeps going. you really need to get some go-go on your ipod. welcome, everybody. welcome to our panel this morning. anyone having allergies? no. no issues. anybody? yes, thank you. one crew member. one guy sniveling over there. he s going to be replacing you in one moment, roland martin as you can tell is back. is he the host of washington watch with roland martin. notice the music keeps going, going, going. that s right. nice to have you back and will cain is a columnist for theblaze.com. no go-go at all. he s getting the go-go. it s creeping up on him. what is in my coffee? look, noth
that matters. it s popular music, i wouldn t know. you stick in the mud. we have no idea who that is but we support them anyway. i m feeling very kumbaya this morning. john fugelsang, political comedian and will cain is back, a columnist at theblaze.com and kelly goth, contributing editor for loop21.com and wrote a great moment. the gq candidate. my goodness you just made my publisher a happy camper. if you like political novels it s a fun one. i do. our starting point focuses on the supreme court, the centerpiece of obama s health care overhaul is on trial before the u.s. supreme court t will happen in about three hours and going to focus on the question, can government force people to buy something they don t want? it goes back to the commerce clause in the constitution created in 1787, the congress shall have the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states and with the indian tribes. supporters of the individual mandate say maki
country. so to dismiss this, again absolutely not, but i think it s makes sense to be careful when we speak about it. bill: i have to be careful when i tell people that we were attacked on 9/11 by muslims. i can t say that. how much is it to really say this was a small fraction of the people. bill: how many times do i have to say, it s ten years after the fact. i have to say that a zillion times. how would you feel if you were one of the 50 muslim american families who is at home that lost a first responder to this horrible tragedy? bill: you know that i m not