A hotel at SEATAC (town surrounding airport) closed eight rooms so they didn’t have to pay the $15/hr. (hotels with more than a certain amount of room would have to pay). How many other businesses will find a way round that? Plus, people won’t be tipping at restaurants who had to raise prices - saying of course people would go there anymore. Socialists think that businesses are welfare organizations.
Should really benefit Bellevue, one of the richest cities in the US.
Of course it is when socialists use OTHER people’s money.
Here are some more unintended consequences of the $15 minimum wage, as explained by several workers at a SEATAC hotel:
http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2014/05/blog-seatac-tells-us-15-minimum-wage/