RE: The alternative to the living wage.
May 17, 2014 at 12:36 pm
(This post was last modified: May 17, 2014 at 12:43 pm by Ryantology.)
https://www.paychex.com/jobs-index/
Quick question: if raising the minimum wage is supposed to destroy job growth, why is the state with the highest small business job growth (Washington) the same as the state with the highest minimum wage (Washington)?
Oh, and it's the same on a municipal level, too. San Fran: highest minimum wage, highest small business job growth. Seattle's right behind.
I mean, if a minimum wage really wrecks small business, you wouldn't expect to see so many states and cities with a minimum wage above the federal mandated level so high on these lists. And yet, oddly enough, that's exactly what you see on these lists. It's almost as if having more money in the hands of regular people boosts small businesses because those people have the freedom to spend more money on things that aren't necessities (which is what most small businesses peddle), or something crazy (and absolutely predictable) like that.
Quick question: if raising the minimum wage is supposed to destroy job growth, why is the state with the highest small business job growth (Washington) the same as the state with the highest minimum wage (Washington)?
Oh, and it's the same on a municipal level, too. San Fran: highest minimum wage, highest small business job growth. Seattle's right behind.
I mean, if a minimum wage really wrecks small business, you wouldn't expect to see so many states and cities with a minimum wage above the federal mandated level so high on these lists. And yet, oddly enough, that's exactly what you see on these lists. It's almost as if having more money in the hands of regular people boosts small businesses because those people have the freedom to spend more money on things that aren't necessities (which is what most small businesses peddle), or something crazy (and absolutely predictable) like that.