Giving Compass' Take:

• This opinion piece covers the issue of minimum wage laws stating that currently it is particularly cruel to young workers just looking to gain valuable work experience as their opportunities are lessened. 

• States should be exploring potential solutions to protect their young workers, not creating conditions that take opportunity away from them. What are policymakers doing about this issue? 

• Here's an article on the impact of a higher minimum wage. 

The left’s war to impose high government-mandated minimum wages—across the country and at all levels of government—is in full force. Already we are seeing that some of the most vulnerable and inexperienced workers—particularly young workers—are falling victim to these destructive policies.

The unemployment rate for young workers in the United States has generally averaged about twice the unemployment rate for older workers. Meanwhile, the youth unemployment rate in states that permit a lower minimum wage for students and young workers, such as Colorado and Utah, is nearly half that of neighboring states, such as Arizona, that do not.

As employers are forced to pay higher wages to all workers because of arbitrary and rising minimum wage mandates, young workers continue to get priced out of the market and with it so do their opportunities for work experience and career growth.

Read the full article about minimum wage laws by Jon Riches at In Defense of Liberty.