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The best thing we can do is to allow the labor market to be more dynamic. This means reducing barriers to entry, including licensing, employer-mandated benefits, minimum wage, etc.

Placing minimum employee costs upon an employer or minimum qualifications upon an employee both have the same effect: reducing the ability of entry-level employees to get work. Either the jobs don't exist due to minimum costs, or the labor that qualifies demands too high a wage.

A highly-restricted labor market doesn't make any sense in an ever-changing global economy.



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