https://twitter.com/Mattfobrien/status/879381038753034240
Why didn’t anyone warn about this!!??? Oh, that’s right, anyone w/ a lick of sense DID warn about exactly this.
— (((WitCoHE))) (@E__Strobel) June 26, 2017
how many times did people try to tell you this would happen, and your response was that they just didn't care about the poor or inequality?
— Sarah Quinlan (@sarahmquinlan) June 26, 2017
As Twitchy told you, Seattle’s minimum wage hike has been going about as well as could be expected. As well as conservatives and anyone who understands basic economics expected, that is. Liberals, on the other hand, are still trying to process the fact that increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour has reduced both earnings and the number of jobs. Count Jill Filipovic in that second category:
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/879375456125976577
Gee, ya think?
.@JillFilipovic pic.twitter.com/m9Ipt1PNzA
— William Orr (@williamorr2110) June 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/UTFOZZIE/status/879376063629074432
https://twitter.com/SuperiorGent/status/879375648896110592
If only there was a 250 year old empirical social science that could have predicted this astonishing resulthttps://t.co/y0PzuhS6jt
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 26, 2017
You should take an Econ class. This was foreseeable.
— DC Dude (@DCDude1776) June 26, 2017
This was all covered in the entry level economics course.
— CA Conservative (@Doobydoobydo) June 26, 2017
To be clear, you thought it was a great idea because you had never learned the first thing about economics, right?
— Braden (@3rdGenAggie) June 26, 2017
Man, who could have predicted this?
(Everyone but liberals, that's who.) https://t.co/cP03wvqhA4
— RBe (@RBPundit) June 26, 2017
We told you and told you and told you. https://t.co/RCGlDSthb7
— Ryan B. Leslie (@RyanBLeslie) June 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/879391203527192577
So, is Jill finally starting to realize that maybe liberals don’t always know what they’re talking about?
Okay, who's hacked Jill's account? https://t.co/8lG6gUXynq
— Holden (@Holden114) June 26, 2017
Ha! It’s definitely not like her to admit she might’ve been wrong.
Which, we suppose, is why anyone hoping for a genuine “my bad” from her shouldn’t hold their breath:
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/879376767953367040
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/879377121243779072
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/879380710766895104
Some people never learn.
https://twitter.com/TweethBeTold/status/879387318951464961
You seem to be on the wrong side of many issues lately
— Killer Costanza (@603Blake) June 26, 2017
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