Saturday, July 1, 2017

Liberals claim they care about the poor. Their policies always HURT the poor

Liberals claim they care about the poor. Their policies always HURT the poor. Proof today in major study about raising minimum wage. 
A ‘very credible’ new study on Seattle’s $15 minimum wage has bad news for liberals
Washington Post 15 hours ago 
Analysis When Seattle officials voted three years ago to incrementally boost the city's minimum wage up to $15 an hour, they'd hoped to improve the lives of low-income workers. Yet according to a major new study that could force economists to reassess past research on the issue, the hike has had the opposite effect. The city is gradually increasing the hourly minimum to $15 over several years. Already, though, some employers have not been able to afford the increased minimums. They've cut their payrolls, putting off new hiring, reducing hours or letting their workers go, the study found. The costs to low-wage workers in Seattle outweighed the benefits by a ratio of three to one,

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