Seattle seeks to push minimum wage to $15!

[Kitteh]

Pretty sure Seattle is the best city in the nation at this point.

Anyway, even if an increase in the minimum wage does lead to fewer low-wage jobs (which I'm not sure is true), the fact that "having a job" is considered a positive in itself is reflective of the most disgusting aspects of America. Yes, it's true that in the US today most people will have a better life with some kind of job than without one since there are very few other ways to survive. But that's part of the problem, not something that should be blankly accepted as a value. Props to Seattle for (at least proposing) a tiny step towards the emancipation of the American people from wage slavery. Hopefully they don't let themselves be stopped by the arrogance of corporations who believe that every government will kiss their a** because the people desperately need to be granted the privilege of working for $9 an hour.

[Kitteh]

Maybe we should be coming up with solutions to help break the cycle of minimum wage dependency in poor communities

I couldn't agree more!  But I wasn't aware you also supported ending capitalism.

Best post in this thread.

[Kitteh]

This right-wing alarmism is mind-numbing.

Low income workers spend their money in the private sector the same as their middle and upper class counter parts. That's demand, which fuels employment. If you don't believe that; into what black hole does the income of poor people go in your model?

Don't you know poor people never do anything with their money except for buy crack from Mexicans and pay child support so that their baby mommas can go buy crack from Mexicans?