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Cleveland.com reports that Mayor Frank
Jackson intends to raise the minimum wage for City employees, so that in order
to
raise up the
earning power of the bottom end of the workforce.
The change
would affect as many as 500 employees in a wide array of jobs, ranging
from clerical and custodial staff to park and recreation workers to police
and fire cadets. The workers are both full time and part
time, union and non-union.
InfoWars reports on the actual results of the
city of Seattle’s decision to raise the minimum wage:
Helping the “forgotten man” was an important and successful message for President Donald Trump in his election campaign.
He tapped into
the anxieties of many Americans who are struggling to find work and are
watching as traditional industries disappear or are gobbled up by automation.
While some of
this development has been natural, much has been artificially created by bad
policies. In particular: the minimum wage.
A bombshell
report was released Monday about the impact of minimum wage hikes in Seattle,
Washington. The study, conducted by economists at the University of Washington,
showed that minimum wage laws significantly decreased employment for
lower-income workers.
Additionally,
the report found that average hours for low-income employees had also declined
since Seattle’s $13 minimum wage law began being implemented in 2015.
Another idea that sounds good at
first, until you consider the consequences, both intended and unintended. Speaking
of consequences, elsewhere we read that Jeff Bezos’s purchase of Whole Foods will be
followed by replacing employees with robotics in the warehouse.
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