It’s very simple: raise the minimum wage, and employers have
increased expenses. They will recoup their losses by lay off employees.
Minimum wage hikes mean more unemployment.Leftist policies ruined Detroit. They’re also ruining our nation’s other cities. Yet the people in those cities, entranced by the welfare gravy train, keep voting for the destroyers.
“DC Report: Thousands of City Jobs Will Be Lost as Minimum Wage Hike Goes Into Effect,” by Jack Heretik, Washington Free Beacon, March 24, 2017:
Washington, D.C. will lose thousands of jobs as the district’s plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 goes into effect, while the higher wages will primarily benefit workers in the surrounding suburbs, according to a new report by the city’s chief financial officer.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser spearheaded the effort for a $15 minimum wage, more than double the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. Analysis by the city’s Office of Revenue Analysis, however, says the plan could cost the district 2,500 jobs by 2026, the Washington Times reports.
The district’s minimum wage is currently $11.50 an hour and each year will grow by 70 cents until it reaches $15 in three years. After 2020, the minimum wage will grow based on inflation.
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