Posted on 02/20/2016 12:48:48 PM PST by artichokegrower
The American Enterprise Institute blog reveals the not very surprising news that 10 months into Seattle's radical experiment of boosting the minimum wage to $15 an hour over a period of years, the city has suffered the worst job losses since the Great Recession.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
A lot of the automation coming today will eliminate about half the jobs at fast food joints...
What do you mean by "since"? The Great Recession never ended.
The Great Recession which is now devolving into a global deflationary depression.
Two unrelated items. Nonsense story.
Another metric to watch will be racial demographics. I predicted at the time that this will hit blacks hardest, and will result in more black unemployment and migration out of the area. I’d like to see statistics on black male employment ages 17-25 in Seattle.
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