Issue Position: Jobs

Issue Position

"Unfortunately, the real minimum wage is always zero, regardless of the laws, and that is the wage that many workers receive in the wake of the creation or escalation of a government-mandated minimum wage, because they lose their jobs or fail to find jobs when they enter the labor force. Making it illegal to pay less than a given amount does not make a worker's productivity worth that amount--and, if it is not, that worker is unlikely to be employed."
― Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy

In Washington we need less, not more, regulation! We need to get government out of the way of small businesses so we can get Washingtonians working again. In Olympia we need to find, and continue working to eliminate, unnecessary regulations (and taxes) so we can improve the business climate in our state.

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