Seattle seeks to push minimum wage to $15!

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Yes, it was the minimum wage increases fault for those increases in unemployment.

Not the Great Recession.

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Either way these people are going to have to get enough money to live. It'll either be from the state (through food stamps, medicaid, etc.) or through increased salaries. It's too bad that the Democrats are the only ones supporting free market capitalism here, while the Republicans embrace socialism and welfare dependence.

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Either way these people are going to have to get enough money to live. It'll either be from the state (through food stamps, medicaid, etc.) or through increased salaries. It's too bad that the Democrats are the only ones supporting free market capitalism here, while the Republicans embrace socialism and welfare dependence.

That's a dishonest appraisal. You could count the number of Ds in Congress who would support this on hand. This is a Bernie Sanders (a man who isn't even a Dem) type idea, not something Barack Obama would advocate.

Well, yeah, it was tongue in cheek. But these businesses who pay below subsistence wages are massively subsidized by the government, and those who regularly rail against socialism or welfare culture don't seem to care.

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Cant believe so many people support the legislated forced unemployment of so many poor workers


High minimum wage=less jobs

Derp

Agreed, corporations aren't going to be attracted to places that mandate a high wage for low skilled workers.

Ex. Washington D.C. it's self if you want a perfect example of this.

Yes, I'm sure McDondalds is going to close all its restaurants in Seattle and leave the city forever if this bill passes.

You people and your devotion to right-wing dogma even when it clearly makes no sense is ridiculous.

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The idea that cities are suddenly going to be completely devoid of fast food places because they have to spend slightly more on wages is ridiculous. These are not factories or office buildings or something; they're built where there is immediate, local demand for them. Where I live, there is at least one fast food place, whether national chain or smaller business, on every block. On 125th street (a major street in Harlem), a few blocks north of me, there are three McDondalds all within a 5 minutes walk of each other. These places aren't going to disappear because the profit margin on a Big Mac is decreasing by a few cents.

[Lief 🗽]

Cant believe so many people support the legislated forced unemployment of so many poor workers


High minimum wage=less jobs

Derp

Agreed, corporations aren't going to be attracted to places that mandate a high wage for low skilled workers.

Ex. Washington D.C. it's self if you want a perfect example of this.

Yes, I'm sure McDondalds is going to close all its restaurants in Seattle and leave the city forever if this bill passes.

You people and your devotion to right-wing dogma even when it clearly makes no sense is ridiculous.

Well I guess you haven't taken a good look at yourself in the mirror recently have you?

nah bro, I shaved this morning, I was staring at my face in the mirror for like 5 mins