By Michael Saltsman in The Orange County Register

June 26, 2016

The people of California were told that a $15 minimum wage was not just a boost for employees – it was good for taxpayers, too. It’s a promise that the “Fight for $15” has carried across the country. David Rolf, one of the architects of the campaign, said explicitly in his book of the same name that a $15 minimum wage “would substantially reduce dependence on government welfare programs.”

With the ink barely dry on California’s groundbreaking law, the credibility of this talking point is already crumbling.

Read more at The Orange County Register