Surprise! Leftist Minimum Wage Policy Backfires in Seattle Suburb

[jahbrudda]

The Emerald City may witness the economic dangers of hiking the minimum wage to $15/hour sooner rather than later. SeaTac, a suburb of Seattle, hiked the minimum wage for certain service industry employees to $15 at the beginning of the year, and there are already signs that the sudden increase is having a negative impact.


Earlier this month, Seattle voted to raise its minimum wage gradually to $15 by the year 2020. Unlike the SeaTac wage hike, Seattle’s hike will apply to all businesses.


But 15 minutes south near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, employees are already seeing the negative effects of such a hike. A February report from the Seattle Times revealed:

That’s not all. According to Assunta Ng, publisher of the Northwest Asian Weekly, some employees are feeling the pinch as employers cut benefits. She recalls a conversation she had with two hotel employees who have been affected by the wage hike:


“Are you happy with the $15 wage?” I asked the full-time cleaning lady.


“It sounds good, but it’s not good,” the woman said.


“Why?” I asked.


“I lost my 401k, health insurance, paid holiday, and vacation,” she responded. “No more free food,” she added.


The hotel used to feed her. Now, she has to bring her own food. Also, no overtime, she said. She used to work extra hours and received overtime pay.


What else? I asked.


“I have to pay for parking,” she said.


I then asked the part-time waitress, who was part of the catering staff.

“Yes, I’ve got $15 an hour, but all my tips are now much less,” she said. Before the new wage
law was implemented, her hourly wage was $7. But her tips added to more than $15 an hour. Yes, she used to receive free food and parking. Now, she has to bring her own food and pay for parking.


Maybe the wako left politicians will pass a law making employers pay for free meals, parking, mandatory overtime and a law that customers must leave a 20% tip.

 

[texasjack]

So basically vindictive business are punishing employees for gov't mandated pay increases. No matter what, the worker loses. Great country we got here.

 

[mrgreengrower]

WOW! didnt see that coming. Just wait tell cost of living rises due to the increased hourly pay. Maybe lower payed jobs are a good incentive to get a better job or education, and live within your means.

 

[Aeroknow]

Lets just do away with a minimum wage!
I'm sure it will work out. Just like trickle down economics works. Uh huh

 

[texasjack]

yes, less money is GOOD for people! Also, up is down.

 

[Aeroknow]

yes, less money is GOOD for people! Also, up is down.

Exactly!
And less money for US to spend is good for the corporations in the long run.
Wait a minute here......

 

[SmokeyDan]

No rational person could see this as businesses being vindictive against employees.

The businesses are simply trying to survive.

 

[Harrekin]

No rational person could see this as businesses being vindictive against employees.

The businesses are simply trying to survive.

$7 to $15 an hour is an extreme jump.

I agree, businesses can't survive a 100+% wage increase.

 

[Aeroknow]

No rational person could see this as businesses being vindictive against employees.

The businesses are simply trying to survive.

No, it's alright. The tax payers will keep picking up the difference, and add it to the debt. It's allllll good

 

[NoDrama]

No, it's alright. The tax payers will keep picking up the difference, and add it to the debt.

Debt=Money

 

[Aeroknow]

Debt=Money

Yes! And our government has been subsidizing through food stamps and other shit, the amount that companys DO NOT pay their employees. Straight up!
It's NOT just kids working for minimum wage anymore. i don't know if you guys heard this from fox news yet
Corporate greed is to blame! Not Obama

 

[UncleBuck]

$7 to $15 an hour is an extreme jump.

I agree, businesses can't survive a 100+% wage increase.

should probably get your facts straight before commenting.

 

[Harrekin]

should probably get your facts straight before commenting.

“Yes, I’ve got $15 an hour, but all my tips are now much less,” she said. Before the new wage
law was implemented, her hourly wage was $7. But her tips added to more than $15 an hour. Yes, she used to receive free food and parking. Now, she has to bring her own food and pay for parking.

You should probably stick to just calling people racist, Uncle Dumbfuckle.

 

[WORDZofWORDZCRAFT]

So basically vindictive business are punishing employees for gov't mandated pay increases. No matter what, the worker loses. Great country we got here.

so basically it's what most of us have been saying would happen on here when they raise the minimum wage

 

[SmokeyDan]

This is especially bad because it's such a small bubble that the raises are in.

It's a city, right?

That means a few miles over the same type business has half the labor cost, which is usually the single biggest expense a business has.

 

[UncleBuck]

“Yes, I’ve got $15 an hour, but all my tips are now much less,” she said. Before the new wage
law was implemented, her hourly wage was $7. But her tips added to more than $15 an hour. Yes, she used to receive free food and parking. Now, she has to bring her own food and pay for parking.

You should probably stick to just calling people racist, Uncle Dumbfuckle.

oh, you mean according to that unattributed copy and paste from washere, the same dipshit that cites holocaust deniers?

min wage in washington has been over $9 an hour for years now, and is going up to $15 over the course of the next 6 fucking years.

so your gum flapping about a jump from $7 to $15 is not factual.

 

[UncleBuck]

hey washere,

we'd all appreciate it if you cite your unattribute copy and paste so we can see what garbage hole you fetched it out of. it's confusing some of our drunken irish members.

thanks in advance, washere.

regards,

unclebuck

 

[Harrekin]

oh, you mean according to that unattributed copy and paste from washere, the same dipshit that cites holocaust deniers?

min wage in washington has been over $9 an hour for years now, and is going up to $15 over the course of the next 6 fucking years.

so your gum flapping about a jump from $7 to $15 is not factual.

Even so, 60% increase over 5 years is still not affordable for businesses.

Lefties don't understand business, when you're in Govt you need a carrot and a stick to deal with businesses, Obamas regime is all about the stick when it comes to employers...all the while funnelling billions to his Wall Street buddies.

It's hilarious you retards can't see how much of a fail he is.

The world is laughing at Obama, you can't see tho cos his cock is too deep in your throat.

 

[UncleBuck]

Even so, 60% increase over 5 years is still not affordable for businesses.

Lefties don't understand business, when you're in Govt you need a carrot and a stick to deal with businesses, Obamas regime is all about the stick when it comes to employers...all the while funnelling billions to his Wall Street buddies.

It's hilarious you retards can't see how much of a fail he is.

The world is laughing at Obama, you can't see tho cos his cock is too deep in your throat.

yeah, this whole 53 straight months of job creation, record high stock market, and vanishing deficit is really blinding me to what an economic failure obama is.

 

[heckler73]

But 15 minutes south near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, employees are already seeing the negative effects of such a hike. A February report from the Seattle Times revealed:
(BIG FUCKING GAP HERE)
That’s not all. According to Assunta Ng, publisher of the Northwest Asian Weekly, some employees are feeling the pinch as employers cut benefits. She recalls a conversation she had with two hotel employees who have been affected by the wage hike:

Your anecdotal evidence is weak, along with your capacity to cite or link. Why?

“Yes, I’ve got $15 an hour, but all my tips are now much less,” she said. Before the new wage
law was implemented, her hourly wage was $7. But her tips added to more than $15 an hour. Yes, she used to receive free food and parking. Now, she has to bring her own food and pay for parking.

Are there less customers? Are other associated prices increased for the consumer? How does she know her tips added to more than $15/hr ? What does the food and parking cost amount to?

One also needs to consider open-economy effects. The fact it is a "zone" doesn't mean economic activity must be insulated within it. Businesses and consumers still have the ability to move freely with their economic choices. In the short term, these sharp adjustments will have a shock especially if there is no "buffer" to counteract it. But as surrounding areas adopt the $15 target, these flows will equilibrate more (yet never equalize), and create a more sustained level of activity.

If Capital Substitution effects become a factor, so be it! That is the inadvertent result, anyway. Services are going to be automated, and Baxter Robots will fold towels. Amazon and Banggood will sell you all the trinkets you need, delivered to your community post-boxes by Google automobiles... Are you hungry? The Udon robot outside your 3D-printed "dwelling" will serve you a bowl just the way you like it, every time.

It is the push from unceasing desires for productivity growth which drive us into obsolescence.

For all of the abundance, we turn it into a game of haves and have-yachts (have-nots? Who gives a shit about them). We preserve archaic means and principles of social order out of vanity and fear.
While human involvement is being phased out with increasing enthusiasm.
Silly anthropoids...we need an upgrade to ver.2.0.