Today I saw a socialist city council member attacked from the left.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

1. I think this is probably a bad idea at a city level.

I think that raising the minimum wage is much more risky for a city than for a state (in the sense of "US state", not "nation state&quot , and for a state than for a nation.

The strength of the "business will go elsewhere" argument against minimum wages depends a lot of how far business would have to go. "To another country" isn't likely to happen much, but "across the city limit" is probably going to happen much more, I think, especially if the city minimum wage is twice what it is (if I've gotten the American minimum wage right, which I may not have - I'm not an American) in other parts of the country.

It's probably possible to exaggerate that effect - some businesses probably don't spend a large part of their budget on wages under $15 anyhow - but I think it is a serious concern.