Seattle is a great place. Loved it - too bad it’s so liberal. Most people there are well off. I don’t think too many people make the minimum wage anyway and by 2021, $15.00 could be the national minimum wage anyway. I think it will happen.
Seattle deserves the hell that is coming its way.
“I don’t think too many people make the minimum wage anyway and by 2021, $15.00 could be the national minimum wage anyway. I think it will happen.”
Probably, because by 2021 $15 will buy a can of soda. I think a lot of these “minimum wage increase” stories are just a reflection that inflation is eating our paychecks while not acknowledged by the government (which would have to increase the payments on many entitlements if the inflation was reported). It is also an acknowledgment that many adults will be working low-skill jobs for much of their lives, and the idea of a training wage has disappeared - there is already little opportunity for young people.
I expect Obama to issue an executive order.