[Barte45]

Bye bye Chicago businesses

[Andy from Beaverton]

That's $500 a month in health insurance.

[dynachrome]

Chicago=Detroit=Starnesville.

[conservative in nyc]

Chicago? A city without actual economists? Chicago probably has more Nobel prize winning economists in residence at the University of Chicago than any other city in the world.

[Admin Moderator]

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[Visalia]

Now how can a family of12 or 15 or 19 live on such a small wage??? Make it $500/hr.

[garyhope]

You beat me to it,....I was going to say, that giant sucking sound is the sound of businesses leaving the Chicago area anc creating more poor and more unemployed and less tax revenue.

[balrog666]

How many retail businesses start up new locations larger than 75,000 square feet?

Would that be Wal-Mart and only Wal-Mart?

And didn't Wal-Mart already stick it to Chicago?

[jazusamo]

The city council of Eugene, OR was considering this last year. Many small business owners attended council meetings and said they'd move out, the council dropped it.

[Admin Moderator]

It's an interesting story. It'd be a shame if you can't provide a working link in, say, maybe the next 5 minutes.

[taxesareforever]

Bye bye Chicago businesses

Hello suburban businesses. Just like the WalMart they thumbed their noses at. Lessons learned is not a must read in Chicago. Actually, It's more of a lessons to be ignored.

[backhoe]

From Canada:

"On April 01 the minimum wage in Manitoba gets increased to $7.60 an hour. Local restaurants and retailers back home in the Swan Valley are reacting by cutting hours. This includes my mother, youngest brother and youngest sister." I wrote a post back in September along the lines of your thought - in this case it was backwards, somebody on welfare earned more than somebody working minimal wage (link).

Source: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/833678/posts?page=5538#5538

[evilC]

Is Chicago a "sanctuary" (don't ask, don't tell, regarding immigrations status) for illegal aliens?

I bet that most of those who voted for this are also in favor illegal immigrants.

If you want a "living wage" for unskilled/low skilled work there is a simple solution ... secure the border, build a wall and stop importing massive numbers of poor, unskilled, and illiterate.

[Republicus2001]

$10 AN HOUR? - why not $25 or $50 per hour - why not? after all Ovitz and Eisner make $10,000 per hour - why shouldn't the little guy make at least $100 or $1000 per hour or $5,000 --thats still half of what the fat cats make...or Katie Couric....

[Chode]

so you only build stores LESS than 75000sq' and those bigger than that you make smaller. SCREW-EM!!!