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The “Fight for $15” is destined to disappoint:  It will make Baltimore neither more prosperous nor more safe. In fact, it could increase property crime, according to one recent study.

Mary Pat Clarke is a tireless worker for Baltimore and always has her heart in the right place. Unfortunately, however, her latest policy proposal — to hike Baltimore's minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2020 — would put another nail in the city's economic coffin.

Even if a $15 minimum wage kills jobs, it's the right thing to do.

The reaction to the president's nominee for a top economic post shows the difficulty he faces in trying to get Congress to act on the nation's top problem: unemployment