60°F
weather icon Clear
Pahrump, NV
Opinion

Letter: Increasing minimum wage not reaching for the stars

THINKSTOCK
More Stories
Eric Coleman/Pahrump Valley Times
EDITORIAL: Most judges earn passing marks in judicial survey
Getty Images
Letters to the Editor
Eric Coleman/Pahrump Valley Times
EDITORIAL: America needs more people who work with their hands
Getty Images
Letters to the Editor
Special to the Pahrump Valley Times
February 24, 2017 - 8:46 am
 

How proud can we be of our newly elected state legislators? Working so hard to pass “minimum wage” laws for Nevada.

Starting at $13 per hour to get to $15 by 2022. Nothing like encouraging everyone to reach for the stars of “minimum” wage, that’s bound to solve everyone’s economic problems. The only thing that may happen, those same people may find that an evening spent with the family at a “fine dining” restaurant like McDonald’s may be over $50 and most teenagers and young adults will be unable to secure any type of entry-level job.

Other than those things it should be lollipops and roses. Somehow the smartest people seem to make the laws we have to live by.

P.S. Yes, I am being truthfully sarcastic.

David Jaronik

MOST READ
LISTEN TO THE TOP FIVE HERE
THE LATEST
Getty Images
Letters to the Editor

Where did all these experts on international law and UCMJ law (Uniform Code of Military Justice) come from?

Getty Images
Letters to the Editor

Today we see the legal and moral resistance against deporting illegal aliens, and it has become a real problem for the United States.

Getty Images
Letters to the Editor

It’s time to address the inequalities in our nation, not point fingers over who is patriot or not. We’re all Americans first and foremost.

Getty Images
Letters to the Editor

After reading the letter from a “moderate Republican”, with a severe case of TDS,

Eric Coleman/Pahrump Valley Times
BOVEE — Election results: What does it all mean?
By Philip S. Bovee Special to the Pahrump Valley Times

First, something it doesn’t mean: the Nov. 4 election is not a wholesale rejection of Trump and his policy.

(Getty Images)
Letters to the Editor

Government shutdowns are becoming almost like ‘political holidays’ for so many in government.

Getty Images
Letters to the Editor

As a moderate Republican I am just shaking my head at the mindless automatons we actually call elected officials who have been storming around causing complete chaos on Capitol Hill for two weeks.