Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Obama's Minimum Wage Utopia Just Hit A Brick Wall

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-07-22/obamas-minimum-wage-utopia-just-hit-brick-wall

Who could have possibly seen this coming? Almost three years we first detailed how America has become an entitlement nation where "work is punished." It appears President Obama is about to discover this first hand as his populist 'raise the minimum wage' strategy is showing yet another major unintended consequence. On the same day as New York acts to mandate a $15 minimum wage for fast food workers, Seattle's $15 minimum wage law - which is supposed to lift workers out of poverty and off public assistance - has hit a snag. As Fox News reports, evidence is surfacing that some workers are asking their bosses for fewer hours as their wages rise – in a bid to keep overall income down so they don’t lose public subsidies for things like food, child care and rent. So not only is work 'punished' it is now 'disincentivized by mandate' as part-time America toils amid ever-rising costs of living.

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