'Unexpected': Are SeaTac, Wash., businesses adding a surcharge to pay for the new minimum wage? [pic]

What's wrong with SeaTac's $15 min wage in 1 photo — Local businesses are now adding 8.25% "living wage surcharge" pic.twitter.com/IMifQRIWhN

— Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) June 5, 2014

.@Mark_J_Perry Couple that with the 11% sales tax and it makes more sense to have somebody just drop you off and pick you up at the airport.

— Moe Lane (@Ogiel23) (@moelane) June 5, 2014

https://twitter.com/TransplantHeart/status/474658512887623680

@Mark_J_Perry @RamblingMother WAHHHHHHHH!!! Why can't my teenage son get a job?!?

— Mary Kastelic (@MaryKastelic) June 5, 2014

@Mark_J_Perry @DougHorstman Looks like they'll need to raise minimum again so people at bottom can keep up. #HamsterWheel

— DEATH'S GUINEA PIG 4.0 (@Bernie_Gilbert) June 5, 2014

https://twitter.com/iONBADEGGS/status/474696763845378048

It’s not whining about the charge. It’s recognizing that basic economics still apply even when government mandates a wage.

Editor’s note: The title of this post has been amended to indicate that this receipt is from the Seattle suburb of SeaTac, Wash., not Seattle proper.