A. Barton Hinkle on a Modest Proposal to Ban Volunteering

President Obama
and congressional Democrats are hoping they can make political hay
out of campaigning to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray wants to raise it to $15. And
social-justice activists there say even that falls far too short.
How right they are!

But if we are serious about addressing economic inequality and
restoring social justice, writes A. Barton Hinkle, then a minimum
wage increase should be just the start. We also need to outlaw
volunteering.

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