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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Cuomo ? ALBANY â Gov. Cuomo  on Monday plans to sign into law new restrictions on electronic cigarettes that effectively ban  their  use in most restaurants  bars and workplaces  the Daily News has learned.
âThese products are marketed as a healthier alternative to cigarettes  but the reality is they also carry long-term risks to the health of users and those around them â  Cuomo  said.
 Cuomo âs decision to sign the bill had been expected.  He  proposed similar restrictions on e-cigarette use as part of  his  executive budget proposal in January.
Supporters of the measure  including the American Cancer Society and the American Lung Association  had been lobbying lawmakers and  Cuomo  to approve the measure  arguing that smoke from e-cigarettes posed health risks akin to those of regular cigarettes.
In July  Gov. Cuomo signed into a law a measure that outlawed the smoking of e-cigarettes in all public and private schools.

A: Neutral
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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Emmerson Mnangagwa ? (CNN) The elevation of Emmerson Mnangagwa to the presidency of Zimbabwe would amount to an act of political survival matched only by the man he'd replace  Robert Mugabe.
Until Mugabe fired him as Vice President last week   Mnangagwa 's entire political career had been hitched to Zimbabwe's 93-year-old leader.
Now  with the military in control in Harare and Mugabe confined to his residency   Mnangagwa  is believed to be at the center of moves to install  himself  at the head of a transitional government.
This wouldn't be the first time  Mnangagwa  has been in line to lead Zimbabwe
They also hint at  Mnangagwa 's dark past. In late 2000  a cable written by Earl Irving   then a US diplomat in Harare  described  Mnangagwa  as "widely feared and despised throughout the country " warning  he  could be "an even more repressive leader" than Mugabe if  he  were to succeed  him .
Fear of  Mnangagwa  stems from  his  position as Mugabe's enforcer and head of the Central Intelligence Organization (CIO)  or secret police  and  his  alleged role in the 1983-84 massacres of the Ndebele ethnic group in Matabeleland  a region in Zimbabwe's southwest that was a center of political opposition to Mugabe's regime.
Mnangagwa's elevation without an election would be viewed with suspicion abroad. Kate Hoey  a British Labour MP who has campaigned for years to highlight oppression under the Mugabe regime  described  Mnangagwa 's in a parliamentary debate as "probably the one person in Zimbabwe who inspires even greater terror than Mugabe."
Nicknamed the "crocodile" on account of his political longevity and survival skills   Mnangagwa  has for years been thought to be biding  his  time  ready to takeover from Mugabe when the nonagenarian finally stepped aside  or died.
 His  impeccable revolutionary credentials  coupled with  his  strong support among key parts of Zimbabwe's elite -- specifically within the military and security services -- singled  him  out as an obvious  and non-controversial  successor.
But this was to dramatically change earlier last week  when Mugabe sacked  Mnangagwa  in a move seen as shoring up the power of  his  wife and chosen successor  Grace Mugabe.
A statement from the country's information ministry accused  Mnangagwa  of "disloyalty  disrespect  deceitfulness and unreliability " sending  him  into hiding amid reports  he  was attempting to build a coalition to take on Grace Mugabe in the next election.
"One after the other  (Mugabe's) vice presidents and people around  him  were estranged by Grace Mugabe " said Geoff Hill  author of "What happens after Mugabe?".

A: Negative
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Q: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Michael Saltsman ? The Daily Wire spoke with Michael Saltsman  the managing director of the Employment Policies Institute (EPI)  for clarification about the study. For background   Saltsman  received degrees in economics and political science from the University of Michigan  and was a field economist for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from 2006-2009. In addition to his position at EPI   Saltsman  is the vice president of Berman and Company  a public relations firm.
According to  Saltsman   California is an ideal state in which to conduct a study like EPIâs because "thereâs been a tremendous amount of minimum wage activity  both at the state level and then at the local level." This didnât come without difficulties  however.  Saltsman  noted that the team had to account for the impact of other economic factors on certain industries  like apparel manufacturing  which has been harmed by factors other than rising minimum wages:
 Saltsman  stated that Macpherson and Even "threw the kitchen sink" at this issue  running "models a number of different ways  accounting for different economic factors and trends that might have influenced the kind of employment trends weâre seeing absent a minimum wage." Additionally  they looked at data "county by county " omitting material they believed was weak or possibly unreliable.
Those hardest hit by minimum wage increases tend to work for businesses that "donât have a tremendous ability to absorb new labor costs " according to  Saltsman . Restaurants  for example  tend to have incredibly narrow profit margins  and government-mandated wage hikes force these businesses to cut costs. Unfortunately  cutting costs often means letting go of "less skilled or less experienced employees " replacing them with machines  and self-service options.
The best thing to do with government-mandated minimum wages   Saltsman  says  is freeze them. That way  the issue would become "less and less relevant" to the conversation.
There are some who argue that a $15 to $20 an hour wage is necessary for basic survival.  Saltsman  counters this contention with a sobering fact: "You can either have a $15 minimum wage  or you can have have the same number of jobs you have right now. You canât have both."
 Saltsman  believes in a more targeted approach to helping the working poor:
A more generous Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)  suggests  Saltsman   is one way to help low-wage workers  as "it has been more effective at reducing poverty than a higher minim wage  itâs better targeted  and creates an incentive to work." Moreover  "because itâs targeted through the tax code instead of a mandate on employers  you donât get some of the same unintended consequences" that come with mandatory minimum wage increases.
 Saltsman  also rebutted the progressive argument that businesses â both small or franchise-based businesses as well as large corporations â should absorb the costs of wage increases  saying that such an idea is "a pretty dramatic misunderstanding of how these businesses work."
"Itâs not as if thereâs some pot of corporate cash that franchise businesses are able to tap into  " Saltsman  stated  adding that franchisees essentially operate as small businesses:
While larger corporations might be better able to absorb certain costs  profit margins are still relatively narrow  according to  Saltsman . Additionally  itâs easy to forget that these companies employ thousands and thousands of people  and face overhead costs.
Regarding the seemingly excessive pay of company executives â something brought up frequently by progressive activists â  Saltsman  offered a rebuttal:
In conclusion  and to further illustrate the speciousness of the minimum wage argument   Saltsman  ran through a common scenario:

A:
Positive
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