Tuesday, March 11, 2014

On that minimum wage increase?





Photo: Looks like the critics were wrong. But that won't stop them from repeating these same arguments! "Washington state, for example, has the nation's highest rate, $9.32 an hour. Despite dire predictions that increases would cripple job growth and boost unemployment, this isn't what happened. At 6.6 percent, the unemployment rate in December was a click below the U.S. average, 6.7 percent, and the state's job creation is sturdy, 16th in the nation, according to a report by Stateline, the news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts." Read more: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-02-21/where-a-higher-minimum-wage-hasn-t-killed-jobs


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