William Moore: $15 minimum wage will stifle economy

Editor’s note: This commentary is by William D. Moore, the president and CEO of the Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce.
The General Assembly will convene its 2018 session in less than a month, and the business community is already concerned about the direction in which we may be headed.
It is apparent that one of the priority bills in the new year will be to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce has joined many other pro-business/pro-growth grou