Until we're in a place where business is good, people are employed, and prices are reasonable, New Jersey should stop raising the minimum wage at its current rate.
If the hike in the minimum wage is going to affect property taxes, one of the first places it could show up is in the school budgets approved this spring.
State is being pressed to increase Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements along with the $15 minimum wage, or patients will pay more or providers could close.