Greg Ip's latest for the WSJ: "The Problem With a Federal Jobs Guarantee"
Greg Ip's latest article for the Wall Street Journal dissects how the proposed legislation guaranteeing a job to anyone who wants one, at $15 an hour plus benefits, aims to eradicate underemployment.
❝ In 1944, Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a second bill of rights enshrining the right to a job and a decent income. More than 70 years later, many on the left say it is time to deliver.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Democratic presidential candidate in 2016 and likely again in 2020, is drafting legislation that would guarantee a job to anyone who wants one, at $15 an hour plus benefits. New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker has proposed a somewhat less ambitious version. [WSJ.com]
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