Lib­er­als Love the Min­i­mum Wage — Though It Hurts Peo­ple Lib­er­als Love

On April 1, the new Cal­i­for­nia $20-per-hour min­i­mum wage for fast-food work­ers went into effect. In sign­ing the bill, Cal­i­for­nia Gov. Gavin New­som reject­ed the view that such a wage hike — 25% above the state’s cur­rent min­i­mum wage — hurts teenagers who dis­pro­por­tion­ate­ly ben­e­fit from fast-food jobs and for whom this becomes their entry into the job mar­ket. New­som said: “That’s a roman­ti­cized ver­sion of a world that doesn’t exist.  We have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to …