Last June, Nancy Pelosi praised the city of Seattle for taking a “vital step towards progress” by raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour. The increase is set to kick in on April 1st.
Anybody with a realistic grasp on economics could have predicted what would happen next:
https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/576759884017999873
Raise the minimum wage, businesses close. Good work, Leftists! http://t.co/k8SNtmYBU7
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 14, 2015
What good is a “living wage” when the employers paying them go out of business? http://t.co/k8SNtmYBU7 #UniteBlue
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 14, 2015
A recent story at SeattleMag.com cites the minimum wage increase as one possible reason “so many Seattle restaurants are closing lately”:
Sigh, it’s a mystery: http://t.co/lCqo1A8ZSC
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) March 14, 2015
In the article, the acknowledgement that the minimum wage increase could be a factor in businesses closing wasn’t mentioned until after all other possible explanations were exhausted:
@mkhammer u have to read to the 11th paragraph to get to the truth abt the min wage: It’s not a political problem; it’s a math problem.
— Cindy Marksberry (@cindymarksberry) March 14, 2015
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@mkhammer talk about burying the lede
— BDJinCO (@DissidentBiker) March 14, 2015
@mkhammer They list about eight reasons before they get to minimum wage. Funny, that.
— Underdog (@rdbrewer4) March 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/JohnRJacobsJr/status/576759641511620608
So funny how world view buries a lede: $15 minimum wage kills restaurants! @mkhammer: Sigh, it’s a mystery: http://t.co/5wiqaLHYhM
— Rod Thomson (@Rod_Thomson) March 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/GSloanMDK/status/576779967880560643
Progressives will likely cite business owner “greed” as the culprit.