A recent study roiled the Left and encouraged pro-business advocates, who warned about raising the minimum wage too quickly. The study pointed out that the increased minimum wage in Seattle, Washington, decreased about $125 for minimum wage workers per month, or about 9% of their hours worked. Talk about a failure of the union-backed ‘fight […]
Seattle, Washington, hardly a moderate or conservative city, filed a lawsuit against the federal government (i.e. the Trump administration) over “sanctuary city” status and federal funding. Seattle believes it has a right to federal funding even if it does not obey federal immigration law. The Trump administration said it will withhold federal funding from self-designated […]
The New York Times said the following about the mostly ‘peaceful’ protests against incoming President-Elect Donald Trump: Most of the gatherings have remained peaceful, but tempers have flared sporadically. Demonstrators burned trash cans in Oakland on Wednesday night, and tried to block a highway on Thursday before the police intervened. In Portland on Thursday night, […]
Boston and Cleveland have proposed a change to ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’ from ‘Columbus Day’, while Cincinnati rejected the name change. Other cities, such as Phoenix, Seattle, Cambridge (Massachusetts), and Belfast (Maine), have already made the politically-correct change. Photo by edenpictures
The #MayDaySea demonstration had 9 arrests, which was less than the previous three years, but resulted in the injuries of five Seattle police officers. May Day celebrates the legacy of communism and socialism, but the media calls it “worker’s rights.” MORE: Officer Rushed To Hospital After Being Attacked at Anti-Capitalism Event In Seattle (?: KIRO) […]
Talk about an odd situation…oh Seattle. VIDEO: Seattle #ManInTree ran out of apples, so he is throwing pine cones and branches https://t.co/KDpaGUU46o –https://t.co/wPNAjvcSlk — KING 5 News (@KING5Seattle) March 22, 2016
The city passed a “living wage,” or a $15-per-hour minimum wage, but now they’re going to force businesses to have “livable schedules” for their minimum wage workers. Sound intrusive?
As Fox News reported: The Seattle CEO who reaped a publicity bonanza when he boosted the salaries of his employees to a minimum of $70,000 a year says he has fallen on hard times. Dan Price, 31, tells the New York Times that things have gotten so bad he’s been forced to rent out his […]
He commented on the Baltimore riots, and yet, he didn’t comment on the ransacking and looting of rioters in Seattle on May Day (which is a socialist protest/riot day). Okay.
It’s economics, where raising a minimum wage means the costs are passed onto customers. Wonder if Seattle’s economy will suffer in the short-run (probably), but will it hurt in the long-run (who knows).