Posts By: Tom Nassif

Delving Into ACA Repeal and Replace: Taxes and Medicare

Since President Trump signed the executive order last month to delay implementation of the ACA, ag and ag-related businesses have been concerned with how the repeal and replacement of ACA will affect their businesses, employees and families. My last entry on ACA touched on some of the bigger changes you can expect to see; today, ...

What Will Raising the Minimum Wage Mean for California Agriculture?

In a recent National Geographic article by Tracie McMillan, U.C. Davis agricultural labor economist Philip Martin asserts that raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour – as was recently signed into law in California – will have a negligible impact on the prices consumers pay in the produce aisle.