February 23, 2022
For Immediate Release
BETO KEEPS PUSHING JOB-KILLING POLICIES
“This past weekend extreme liberal Beto O’Rourke joined President Biden in announcing his support for a $15 minimum wage, which would kill hundreds of thousands of jobs in Texas. Perhaps hit hardest by a $15 minimum wage would be the very students Beto O’Rourke was speaking to this past weekend, many of whom rely on summer or part-time jobs. Combined with his support for the extreme job-killing Green New Deal, Beto O’Rourke seems to want nothing more than to drive Texas’ booming economy into a ditch.” – Mark Miner, Communications Director
O’Rourke This Weekend On The Minimum Wage: “We’ve Got To Get To $15 As Soon As We Possibly Can.” (“Beto Answers Students’ Questions,” UT RGV Rider, 2/18/22)
Estimates Of Job Losses In Texas Range From 370,000 Jobs To “Closer To 1 Million” Jobs Should A $15 Minimum Wage Be Instituted In Texas. “The effort — which calls for incremental increases to reach $15 an hour by 2025 — is a long shot, as the idea is universally opposed by Republicans, who hold 50 seats in the U.S. Senate, enough to block most Democratic priorities. … The fiscally conservative Employment Policy Institute estimated Texas could lose more than 370,000 jobs and the right-wing Heritage Foundation estimated the losses in Texas could be closer to 1 million.” (Benjamin Wermund, “A $15 Minimum Wage Would Mean Raises For 3.5 Million Texans, But At What Cost?,” Houston Chronicle, 1/29/21)
Wall Street Journal: “Raising The Federal Minimum Wage To $15 An Hour Would Make It Harder For Many Teens To Get Or Keep Jobs… Many Economists Say.” “Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would make it harder for many teens to get or keep jobs, adding to the employment challenges they have faced during the pandemic, many economists say. … When joblessness increases broadly, ‘those on the lowest rungs of the job ladder…are going to get squeezed out, and mostly that’s teens,’ said Alicia Sasser Modestino, a Ph.D. economist at Northeastern University. A $15-an-hour minimum wage could further harm teens’ job prospects because some employers would either cut back on staff or opt to hire someone with more experience, Dr. Modestino said.” (Allison Prang, “$15-An-Hour Minimum Wage Could Further Sting Teen Employment,” Wall Street Journal, 3/27/21)
- Wall Street Journal Headline: “$15-An-Hour Minimum Wage Could Further Sting Teen Employment” (Wall Street Journal, 3/27/21)
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