studenog 2012

The Truth About the Minimum Wage

Scripted, animated, and produced by Steve Patterson. Special thanks to Julia Patterson and Chuck Grimmett.

People don't like to think that anyone's labor is worth less than the minimum wage. Someone might end up flipping burgers for $5.00 an hour. You might think the minimum wage is a way of paying some sort of dignity premium -- hence language like "living wage." People with such good intentions look at the direct beneficiaries of these policies, say, burger flippers now making $7.50 an hour. They pat themselves on the back. But they rarely count the invisible costs: willing human beings who never get hired in the first place.

But $5.00 an hour is not enough to live on!, they'll say. For whom? A teenager living at home with his parents? An elderly person who wants simply to stay active? A single mom with three kids? A single woman sharing an apartment with 2 roommates? Of course, not all of these people could live off of $5 an hour. But some of them could given the opportunity. Concerns about those who couldn't don't justify minimum wages even if we ignored the invisible costs of the policy, which include reduced margins to businesses that might otherwise grow (and hire more people).

In other words, if you pull take off the bottom two rungs of the income ladder, many will never climb it. That's the effect of the minimum wage.

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Istina o zakonu o minimalnoj zaradi

Ljudi ne vole da misle da nečiji rad vrijedi manje od minimalne zarade. Neko bi time mogao završiti prevrćući pljeskavice za samo 5 dolara na sat. Možda neki misle da je minimalna zarada u stvari plaćanje nekakve premije za dostojanstvo, otkuda i naziv "zarada dovoljna za preživljavanje." Ljudi sa takvim dobrim namjerama gledaju na direktne korisnike ovakve politike, gdje kao na primjer, prevrtači pljeskavica time primaju 7.50 dolara na sat. Sa tim dobročinstvom oni sebe tapšu po leđima, međutim oni rijetko računaju na nevidljive troškove: kao što su ljudi koji zbog ovakve prisilne prakse nikada nikada neće moći dobiti posao.

Ali oni će reci da 5 dolara na sat nije dovoljno za život. Za koga? Za tinejdžera koji živi u kući sa svojim roditeljima? Za stariju osobu koja želi jednostavno da ostane aktivna? Za samohranu majku sa troje djece? Ženu samca koja dijeli stan sa 2 cimera? Naravno, nebi svi ti ljudi mogli da žive od 5 dolara na sat. Ali, neki od njih bi mogli. Zabrinutost za one koji to nisu u stanju ne opravdava zakon o minimalnoj zaradi, čak i ako se ignorišu nevidljivi troškovi takve politike, koji uključuju i smanjene profite preduzeća koja bi inače rasla (i zaposlila više ljudi).

Drugim riječima, ako odstranite donje prečke na merdevinama prihoda, mnogi se njima nikada neće popeti. To je stvarni efekat zakona o minimalnoj zaradi.

Scenario, animacija, i produkcija: Steve Patterson. Posebne zahvale: Julia Patterson i Chuck Grimmett.

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Daniel Hannan: Common Law, Not EU Law

Daniel Hannan, citing example of lack of rule of law as one of the reasons why the United Kingdom is planning to opt out from following and implementing some of the EU policies. November 20th, EU Parliament, Strasbourg.

video source from DanHannanMEP YouTube channel

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Daniel Hannan: Opće pravo, ne EU pravo

Gospodin Daniel Hannan naglašava da je zakon zaštitnik pojedinca a ne instrument vlasti. Daniel Hannan, navodi primjer odsutnosti vladavine prava kao jedan od razloga zbog kojeg Velika Britanija planira izaći iz većine trećeg stupa - Pravosuđa i unutarnjih poslova koji su pod sadašnjom kontrolom Europske unije. 20.11.2012., Europski Parlament, Strasbourg.

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Nigel Farage: The Flawed Thinking That the State Can Create Wealth

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Speaker: Nigel Farage MEP, Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), Co-President of the 'Europe of Freedom and Democracy' (EFD) Group in the European Parliament - http://nigelfaragemep.co.uk

Debate: Preparations for the European Council meeting (22-23 November 2012) with particular reference to the Multiannual Financial Framework Council and Commission statements [2012/2781(RSP)]

video source from Video: EbS (European Parliament), copied from UKIPmeps YouTube channel

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Nigel Farage: Pogrešno razmišljanje da država stvara bogatstvo

Spiker: Nigel Farage MEP, Lider britanske stranke UK Independence Party (UKIP), Ko-Predsjednik grupe 'Europe of Freedom and Democracy' (EFD) u Evropskom Parlamentu - http://nigelfaragemep.co.uk

Debata: Pripreme za skup evropskog savjeta (22-23 Novembar 2012) sa specifičnim osvrtom na Multigodišnji Financijski Okvir izjava savjeta i komisije [2012/2781(RSP)]

video izvor: EbS (Evropski Parlament), preuzeto sa UKIPmeps YouTube kanala

Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian

KONTROLOR: Kada naš život dolazi na red?

Video uradak projekta Kontrolor, iz Mreže za Političku Odgovornost. iz Srbije.  YouTube kanal: Tim Izdrzavanje

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Tom G. Palmer on Countering Welfare Populism

2012 EFN Asia Conference: Synopsis on countering welfare populism - by Tom G. Palmer, Senior Fellow at Cato Institute, Director of Cato University, and Vice President of International Programs at Atlas Research Foundation.

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Just Think of it as a Tax

Just think of it as a tax.

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Shvati to kao da je porez

Shvati to kao da je porez.

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