Cass Ballenger said "Mr. Speaker, I would like to note for the record that New York will face the loss of 29,900 jobs if the minimum wage is increased. Up to 500,000 jobs will be eliminated nationwide. Increasing the minimum wage makes minimum sense. As a former small businessowner, I remember well what intrusive government mandates did to my business. It hurt the bottom line, it hurt productivity, it hurt competitiveness, and more important, it hurt my ability to create jobs. My Democrat colleagues refuse to talk about the opportunities lost. They will not talk about the jobs that are not created. They will not talk about those people who cannot get off welfare because they cannot get the chance to get a job that was killed by another Washington mandate. The Democrat Party is to job creation what Dr. Kevorkian is to health care, a job-killer cloaked in kindness." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 23, 1996

Mr. Speaker, I would like to note for the record that New York will face the loss of 29,900 jobs if the minimum wage is increased. Up to 500,000 jobs will be eliminated nationwide. Increasing the minimum wage makes minimum sense. As a former small businessowner, I remember well what intrusive government mandates did to my business. It hurt the bottom line, it hurt productivity, it hurt competitiveness, and more important, it hurt my ability to create jobs. My Democrat colleagues refuse to talk about the opportunities lost. They will not talk about the jobs that are not created. They will not talk about those people who cannot get off welfare because they cannot get the chance to get a job that was killed by another Washington mandate. The Democrat Party is to job creation what Dr. Kevorkian is to health care, a job-killer cloaked in kindness.

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Cass Ballenger

North Carolina

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the potential job losses from increasing the minimum wage during a House floor debate.

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