The problem is, rent in the town is off the charts (oil boom) at $2400/month + utilities for a 2 bedroom apt. (or more).
None of this stuff occurs in a vacuum. For people who allegedly get the concept about a butterfly flapping its wings in one place causing a storm hundreds of miles away, they sure don't get how arbitrarily tampering with the equilibrium in an economy ripples through all sectors.
Great point. That is the beauty of free market capitalism. It is fully based on supply/demand. If I were the owners of fast food restaurants in Seattle, I would close shop, and then let the liberals explain why that there were “No” jobs anywhere for the less trained and experienced.