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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Apr 24 19:50:07 2014 If Seattle was dead before, it'll be deader now. And the city's socialist city council member wants inflation-pegged yearly increases on top of the $15/hour minimum.KIRO CBS 7 Eyewitness News
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Posted by AlM on Thu Apr 24 19:56:03 2014, in response to Seattle mayor wants $15/hour city minimum wage, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Apr 24 19:50:07 2014. Seattle isn't dead now. I doubt this will pass but if it does it won't hurt business there that hugely. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Apr 24 21:12:01 2014, in response to Re: Seattle mayor wants $15/hour city minimum wage, posted by AlM on Thu Apr 24 19:56:03 2014. You know what sucks more than making minimum wage? Being unemployed. But I guess you could bear waiting in line for a longer period of time for your morning latte.....you know, for the poor. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Thu Apr 24 21:29:00 2014, in response to Seattle mayor wants $15/hour city minimum wage, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Apr 24 19:50:07 2014. yay |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 24 21:56:01 2014, in response to Re: Seattle mayor wants $15/hour city minimum wage, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Apr 24 21:12:01 2014. We never hear the followup to raising the minimum wage, like all those Subways in San Francisco that shuttered or even laid off so many workers.One study suggests raising the minimum wage has no effect on employment Another study seems to agree your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Apr 24 22:14:55 2014, in response to Re: Seattle mayor wants $15/hour city minimum wage, posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 24 21:56:01 2014. LOL studies.We've already seen the effect in SF just from $10.24/hour minimum wage. If you want to deny it, go right ahead, but it won't change reality. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Fri Apr 25 08:57:30 2014, in response to Re: Seattle mayor wants $15/hour city minimum wage, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Apr 24 22:14:55 2014. We've already seen the effect in SF just from $10.24/hour minimum wage.Boo-F$*ng-Hoo. I don't need slave labor to keep my sandwiches cheap. Besides, it's not like someone is going to drive down to San Jose just to save a buck on a BMT. |
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Posted by Fred G on Fri Apr 25 09:14:14 2014, in response to Re: Seattle mayor wants $15/hour city minimum wage, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Apr 24 22:14:55 2014. What does it cost now, if not $5? $6?More importantly, the studies look at the economy and employment, not just whether a sandwich is cheap. The claim was made that it reduces employment and the studies contradict that. your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Apr 25 09:55:56 2014, in response to Re: Seattle mayor wants $15/hour city minimum wage, posted by Fred G on Fri Apr 25 09:14:14 2014. Employment's leaving CA in droves in general. Did the "studies" account for that? SF's barely hanging on because of the tech employment that they encourage to stay via may concessions. Not mentioned in the study on SF, which is using outdated data. |
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Posted by Fred G on Fri Apr 25 10:12:29 2014, in response to Re: Seattle mayor wants $15/hour city minimum wage, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Apr 25 09:55:56 2014. We're studying the effect of raising the min wage. Of course there are other economic factors that affect employment but these studies had foci.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Apr 25 10:22:32 2014, in response to Re: Seattle mayor wants $15/hour city minimum wage, posted by Fred G on Fri Apr 25 10:12:29 2014. If "we" includes the founder of the "Union for Radical Political Economics" (and it does), then one has to question the level of bias in the studies. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Apr 25 15:46:02 2014, in response to Re: Seattle mayor wants $15/hour city minimum wage, posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 24 21:56:01 2014. This just in ... YESTERDAY ... the Mayor backed down on it.Carry on ... |
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Posted by Nilet on Mon May 5 17:07:25 2014, in response to Re: Seattle mayor wants $15/hour city minimum wage, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Apr 24 22:14:55 2014. I guess they figure if you're dumb enough to pay $5 for a fast food sandwich, then you're dumb enough to pay $6. That's hardly the economic catastrophe the aristocrats keep banging on about. |
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