Yemen is being bombed and starved to death, but does anyone care?

Saudi pilots, flying American-made warplanes, drop American-made bombs on American military-approved targets.  The Saudis are also blockading the country, destroying vital civilian infrastructure, and, as a result, the population is slowly starving to death. Seven million are at immediate risk of starvationCholera is also spreading rapidly through the desperate masses, infecting 300,000 and killing 1,700.  U.S. leaders are aiding and abetting this atrocity, but does anyone care?  We will only care when the consequences reach ‘soft targets’, vulnerable American citizens, as terrorists borne out of the carnage and tragedy exact vengeance the only way they know how.

The cruelty of the minimum wage

Explained by Walter Williams. 

“Here’s my question to supporters of higher minimum wages: How compassionate is it to create legislation that destroys an earning opportunity? Again, making $21,000 a year as a cashier is no great shakes, but it’s better than going on welfare, needing unemployment compensation or idleness. Why would anybody work for $21,000 a year if he had a higher-paying alternative? Obviously, the $21,000-a-year job is his best known opportunity. How compassionate is it to call for a government policy that destroys a person’s best opportunity? I say it’s cruel.”

It deprives the most vulnerable from employment by increasing the pool of labor, which gives the employer greater power to discriminate as to who he chooses to hire.

He could also employ a robot.  Remember, the real minimum wage is zero.