[jazusamo]

It passed the council vote 8-5 but don't believe it's been signed by Mayor Gray yet and he implied he may veto it.

[BenLurkin]

Barack Obama loved the poor.
Loved so much he made some more.

[PGR88]

Washington DC is simply Detroit, albeit with the money of the Federal Government keeping much of it afloat.

[willibeaux]

I moved from the DC metro area in Jan 1972. The city got Home Rule shortly after and has been run by horses @zzes ever since.
Only forcing Walmart to pay the new wage? This is a good example of what I mean.

[drypowder]

Washington's War On Wal-Mart Will Only Hurt The Poor

maybe it's just meant to further the objective of social division

[Feckless]

I wish I ran Walmart for just one day.

I'd bulldoze all 3 stores they have started and put up billboards with the names and pics of those voting for this unConstitutional law (Bill of Attainder, anyone?) and offer campaign $ to anyone who runs against them.

And I'd STILL make sure Walmart never set foot in DC again.

[jazusamo]

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[MarkL]

City officials were indignant at Wal-Mart's threat. But why? Their legislation, which targets only Wal-Mart, is plainly discriminatory. The city already has an $8.25-an-hour minimum wage. The "super minimum wage" would affect just one employer.

Isn't this illegal under federal law? I'm pretty sure it is.

Of course, no way Holder's "Just-Us" department would ever enforce that law.

Mark

[xzins]

Unfortunately, Washington has it wrong on WalMart and wage controls, but unbeknownst to itself, it is right for the wrong reason on low wages.

Why are wages low?

Because millions upon millions of illegal immigrants drive wages down by working for peanuts underground jobs within the economy. This downward wage pressure affects all essentially unskilled labor rates because it provides a huge surplus of available labor. Econ 101 teaches that if you have too much supply, then prices will drop.

WalMart, Wash DC wages WOULD be higher if WalMart were competing for the quality workers in a far smaller work force.

Illegal immigrants take jobs and drive down wages. And those so-called “jobs Americans won’t take”. Sure they would if the wage were based on a market not flooded by imported serf labor.

[count-your-change]

“Some 900 retail jobs would disappear — along with 600 construction jobs — in a town where unemployment in the inner city is well into the double digits”.

At least the unemployed will be unemployed at a higher wage.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Perhaps WalMart should open stores just outside of the district’s limits.