Op-Ed: Raising the Minimum Wage Won't Fix Montana's Economic Problems

In a recent article in the June 9th edition of The Montana Standard, Justin Allport, interim executive director of the Montana Democratic Party, claimed that ”under Republican leadership, prices continue to climb for just about everything.” That claim is blatantly false. The real problem is the relentless growth of government, out-of-control spending, programs with little oversight, and layers of regulation built on decades of government policy supported by both Democratic lawmakers and so-called Republicans who have chosen to side with those Democrats for easy political wins. I am not against...