August 9, 2013
Sidney's Picks: Mitch McConnell & the Minimum Wage; Questionable Behavior in California; Debtor's Prisons
The best of the week’s news:
- How the minimum wage could finally sink Mitch McConnell.
- Payday lenders back modern-day debtor’s prisons.
- Bored? Broke? Start a “corrective behavioral institute” to rehabilitate California criminals. You don’t need any qualifications. You don’t even need to file your taxes!
- How the paint industry shirks responsibility for lead poisoning, via Fair Warning News.
[Photo credit: Wander Mule, Creative Commons.]