SeaTac finds way to kill the goose that lays the golden egg

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Fox News: Businesses brace for 'serious cuts' as city enacts highest-in-nation $15 minimum wage​

As talk builds on Capitol Hill over hiking the federal minimum wage, one city in Washington state is poised to set the highest rate in the nation.

On Jan. 1, an estimated 1,600 hotel and transportation workers in SeaTac, Wash., will see their pay jump to $15 an hour, a 60 percent increase from the state's $9.32 minimum wage.

While many workers look forward to the higher pay, employers are looking for ways to absorb the big increase in labor costs. Some plan on eliminating jobs.

"We're going to be looking at making some serious cuts," said Cedarbrook Lodge General Manager Scott Ostrander. "We're going to be looking at reducing employee hours, reducing benefits and eliminating some positions."

As I said somewhere else today, I'm going to stop asking, "How stupid can you get?" People are taking it as a challenge.

 

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lets see how many businesses leave that city, before the law is changed.

about Sea-tac

 

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Interesting what I heard on FNC's "Special Report" tonight. The increase was spearheaded by socialists elected to the city council. This FNC video clip has a soundbite of her pretty much sloughing off the fact that jobs will be lost. See about 1:45 into the clip. She just doesn't care.

Socialists/liberals!! They're gonna be the death of this country.