A conservative economist says to not worry over a raise to $9 an hour: http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2013/02/please-to-calm-down-about-minimum-wage.html http

A conservative economist says to not worry over a raise to $9 an hour: http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2013/02/please-to-calm-down-about-minimum-wage.html http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2013/02/please-to-calm-down... I do worry that we are eating away at low-pay jobs, which are often necessary steps for mid-pay jobs for the middle class. This is a tiny little step away from that, but probably not too much worth worrying about, given all the other things we have (like huge marginal rates on the poor as they rise out of eligibility for welfare programs).