LOVE this kind of stupidity.
Wally World should open up locations 50 feet outside the DC border. DC gets their box box retailers and the DC city council can go on with this nonsense.
There are few jobs in a big box retailer that are really worth 12-50 an hour. Truth be known, there are few jobs inside a big box retailer that are worth 8-25 an hour. Legislating a “living wage” results in less jobs.
But, as pointed out aptly by others, they feel good about it, so that’s all they really need.
If you have a problem with making 8-25 an hour, don’t apply there. If you have a problem with companies that pay 8-25 an hour, then don’t shop there. Let the free market decide. The DC council will lose every time.
If Walmart opened a store 50 feet outside the DC border,the punitive pricks in government would immediately annex the property.Safer to open a new walmart several miles away.