Low-wage jobs don’t increase welfare spending

Published January 29, 2017 12:00am ET



President Trump’s selection of Andy Puzder, the CEO of the parent company that owns Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr., to lead the Labor Department has incensed minimum wage activists. Pundits are jumping on Puzder as an excuse to criticize companies that provide low-wage jobs.

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