Accuracy in Media

Economics and common sense means less jobs when the minimum wage is hiked: Washington, D.C., is getting a real life lesson in economics as the city moves closer to implementing a $15 per hour minimum wage. During the first six months of 2016, restaurants in D.C. shed 1,400 jobs. That’s a 2.7 percent decline in […]

No, duh. Seattle restaurant owners say they’ll have to cut down their staff with the wage hike, set to start on April 1st. It’s basic economics and “how to run a business 101”. This is why raising the minimum wage was a bad idea.