Following Minimum Wage Rate Hike, Seattle Employment Declines…Unexpectedly!

Remember how liberals crowed about Seattle’s minimum wage hike was raising people out of poverty without any negative economic effects whatsoever? Not so much: Early evidence from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Seattle’s monthly employment, the number of unemployed workers, and the city’s unemployment rate through December 2015 suggest that since last April … Continue reading Following Minimum Wage Rate Hike, Seattle Employment Declines…Unexpectedly!