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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Jun 4 03:01:40 2014 A very interesting article on the repercussions. Of course, let's NOT do that so hard working people can collect food stamps, welfare and be a burden on the taxpayer instead of the "free market system." Either way, it's coming out of YOUR wallet so if you really believe in drowning big government in that bathtub, then you should be all in favor of paying a living wage. Here's how it works out ...Full article: http://www.timesunion.com/news/us/article/15-minimum-wage-permits-few-luxuries-in-US-cities-5525903.php Excerpt: SEATTLE (AP) — A $15 minimum wage like the one adopted in Seattle doesn't buy many luxuries in most American cities. Lattes, theater tickets and cable television will still be out of reach for most minimum-wage workers. But about $31,000 a year should be enough to pay the average rent for a shared one-bedroom apartment, plus utilities, health insurance, groceries and an inexpensive cellphone plan. Monday's vote by the Seattle City Council created the nation's highest minimum wage. The state minimum wage in Washington was already $9.32 an hour, the highest state wage in the U.S. Expatistan, a website that tracks the cost of living in cities around the world, says New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Honolulu, Boston and Seattle are the most expensive U.S. cities overall, in that order. An Associated Press comparison of the cost of living in several other major U.S. cities shows a higher wage would make a difference in those places too, but it won't allow for many extras. --- Do check out what it REALLY costs to live, and well ... fuggem, right? You'll make up the difference in taxes instead and THEN some because an awful lot of richer people ain't gonna pay YOUR share of them. So looks like the right is presented with a real choice here. Put money in THEIR pocket, or pay it to that government. Choose. |
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