What is Killing the Restaurants of Seattle?

The Weekly Standard ^ | For March 30th Publication | The Scrapbook

[MV=PY]

"In half the city they could return minimum wage to where it was - and in the other half make it 30 bucks an hour... Then they could wait and see what happens."

That's brilliant!

Or maybe do even and odd blocks to eliminate the variables of neighborhood economics.

[lavaroise]

Detroit, Russia, etc... Is this the future of the west coast?

http://p-i-f.livejournal.com/6289095.html

[nobamanomore]

Let me put it in words that a liberal will understand. When the price rises, do you buy more of something, or less? Are there more Fords or Ferrari’s sold? If beer is $100 a case, will you drink more or less, or ...something else? Jobs are the same way

Simple economics seems to baffle libs.

[cherry]

Seattle draws a lot of tourist....they frequent the restaurants...they pay the parking meters...they stay in the hotels....

as long as the govt class and the filthy rich stay rich, no problem...

but if any business depends on the 85% of the middle/working classes to keep them afloat...well I have a ocean front property in A-ri-zona for ya.

[GOPJ]

Of course our side knows how the experiment would end... but it'd be fun watching liberals totally baffled by the results. Every other block works for me...