{"id":199991,"date":"2015-11-13T15:48:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T15:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/holly-sklar-on-minimum-wage-economics-nicholas-kusnetz-on-state-government-transparency\/"},"modified":"2015-11-13T16:10:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T16:10:08","slug":"holly-sklar-on-minimum-wage-economics-nicholas-kusnetz-on-state-government-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/holly-sklar-on-minimum-wage-economics-nicholas-kusnetz-on-state-government-transparency\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly Sklar on Minimum Wage Economics, Nicholas Kusnetz on State Government Transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapperMI_0\" class=\"wrap-mjp \" style=\"padding: 5px 0px 40px 0px; margin: 0px; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"Eabove-mjp_0\" class=\"Eabove-mjp\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"subwrap-MI\">\n<div class=\"jp-innerwrap\">\n<div class=\"innerx\">\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-199991-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fair.org\/audio\/counterspin\/CounterSpin151113.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fair.org\/audio\/counterspin\/CounterSpin151113.mp3\">http:\/\/www.fair.org\/audio\/counterspin\/CounterSpin151113.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fair.org\/audio\/counterspin\/CounterSpin151113.mp3\"><strong>MP3 Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fair.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MinimumWageBusiness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5575696\" src=\"http:\/\/fair.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MinimumWageBusiness.png\" alt=\"Pro-minimum wage business owner\" width=\"265\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>This week on <strong>CounterSpin<\/strong>: Republican presidential candidates disagreed on many things, but when it came to the idea of raising the minimum wage, they were in concert: It would be a \u201cdisaster,\u201d increase joblessness and knock us out of international competition. 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