After decades of empirical research, economists understand that minimum wage increases aren’t much good at reducing poverty, but they’re very good at keeping less-skilled teens out of a job.

After more than a decade of working for the federal government, I quit. I gave up the steady paycheck. I gave up the benefits. I gave up all of the security that a job such as that offers.

I quit to become an entrepreneur. I’m striking out on my own.

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Though a new report from the Census Bureau says that 50.7 million Americans went without health insurance last year (“Census: 1 in 7 Americans live in poverty,” Sept. 16), this statistic doesn’t provide a complete picture of the nation’s uninsured.

Source: Melinda Sinn, 785-532-5888, sinnpio@k-state.edu
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News release prepared by: Abigail Crouse, 785-532-5888, acrouse@k-state.edu
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