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Wounded Bear

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3. Any study I've seen shows more job shifting than job loss due to MW increases...

Reply to BSdetect (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 10, 2021, 10:18 AM

Feb 2021

plus there's the old incentive thing. Higher wages attract more applicants and workers. Why get off welfare if the only jobs out there pay starvation wages?

Seattle has one of the highest minimum wage in the US and they're humming along pretty well.

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Go big or go home...nt Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #1

Some info re other countries where a decent minimum wage does not cause economic catastrophy BSdetect Feb 2021 #2

Any study I've seen shows more job shifting than job loss due to MW increases... Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #3