Salt Lake Tribune · Dec 8, 2019
Letter: Conservative is a living wage
(Mark Lennihan | AP file photo) A tip box is filled with U.S. currency in New York on April 3, 2019.Employers have a responsibility to pay their workers a living wage. Responsibility is the defining characteristic of conservatism.
A living wage will get hundreds of workers off welfare. Reducing welfare is a goal of conservatives.
A living wage enables workers to be independent of government aid. Rugged individualism is the ideal of conservatives.
Raising the minimum wage to a living wage will give workers more money with which to purchase goods and services. This is good for business, a cause advocated by conservatives.