More politicians ignoring science to pander to their base

GrundleStiltzkin

http://kuow.org/post/seattles-minimum-wage-hurt-low-wage-workers-earnings-study-says

doogie

I like how Tim Burgess dismissed the findings out of hand, in effect suggesting the UW professor is incompetent, or worse.

RaceBannon

Wage change deniers?

PurpleThrobber

Pretty standard d'uh here.

Basic breakeven analysis- Increasing fixed costs raises the Breakeven point. Causes either prices to escalate or cuts required to keep the BEP the same.

Ma and Pa Latte Stand owners got this from Day 1. Not sure why it takes a fucking professor to figure this shit out.

Kaepsknee

"On top of all of that, there is more bad news in the UW study: a drop of 9 to 13 percent in low-wage jobs in the restaurant industry after the minimum wage jumped to $13 an hour."


But Kansas!!!!!!!!

HoustonHusky

Interesting sidenote on what enforcing minimum wages has done to American Samoa:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/25/business/dealbook/virgin-islands-debt-payment-pensions.html

American Samoa, one of the smallest territories, lost one of the biggest engines of its economy in December when a big tuna cannery closed after being required to pay the federal minimum wage. Moody’s Investors Service then put the territory’s debt under negative outlook, citing its fragile economy.

I think the author was too dumb to realize what little facts like that say about other political positions the paper has taken in the past...

2001400ex

A lot of people in here having a circle jerk when employment has exploded in Seattle and unemployment is at historical lows.

But still.

PurpleThrobber

2001400ex said:

A lot of people in here having a circle jerk when employment has exploded in Seattle and unemployment is at historical lows.

But still.

Rich people hate poor people.

HTH

CuntWaffle

2001400ex said:

A lot of people in here having a circle jerk when employment has exploded in Seattle and unemployment is at historical lows.

But still.

Yea 20 hours a week jobs at Olive Garden are great.

Kaepsknee

2001400ex said:

A lot of people in here having a circle jerk when employment has exploded in Seattle and unemployment is at historical lows.

But still.

I'm hearing subscriptions have never been better.

Pitchfork51

CuntWaffle said:

2001400ex said:

A lot of people in here having a circle jerk when employment has exploded in Seattle and unemployment is at historical lows.

But still.

Yea 20 hours a week jobs at Olive Garden are great.

Nothing at the olive garden is great. Fuck that place.

2001400ex

CuntWaffle said:

2001400ex said:

A lot of people in here having a circle jerk when employment has exploded in Seattle and unemployment is at historical lows.

But still.

Yea 20 hours a week jobs at Olive Garden are great.

And that person probably makes more in tips than you make in wage.

Mosster47

Pitchfork51 said:

CuntWaffle said:

2001400ex said:

A lot of people in here having a circle jerk when employment has exploded in Seattle and unemployment is at historical lows.

But still.

Yea 20 hours a week jobs at Olive Garden are great.

Nothing at the olive garden is great. Fuck that place.

I'm still confused as to why they don't have a drive-thru on all of their restaurants yet?