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According to the
Employment Policies Institute, the following is a list of states and counties that will be
implementing a minimum wage increase next week . Those in favor say that by raising the minimum wage, it will generate economic growth. Those opposing it say that small businesses will suffer and people will have a harder time finding jobs.
- Arizona: $7.80 to $7.90
- Colorado: $7.78 to $8.00
- Connecticut: $8.25 to $8.70
- Florida: $7.79 to $7.93
- Missouri: $7.35 to $7.50
- Montana: $7.80 to $7.90
- New Jersey: $7.25 to $8.25
- New York: $7.25 to $8.00
- Ohio: $7.85 to $7.95
- Oregon: $8.95 to $9.10
- Rhode Island: $7.75 to $8.00
- Vermont: $8.60 to $8.73
- Washington State: $9.19 to $9.32
- Albuquerque, N.M.: $8.50 to $8.60
- Bernalillo County, N.M.: $8.00 to $8.50
- San Francisco, Calif.: $10.55 to $10.74
- San Jose, Calif.: $10.00 to $10.15
- SeaTac, Wash.: $9.19 to $15.00
Source: Opposing Views
It looks like SeaTac is the city in which to live especially if you work at the airport. Transportation and hospitality workers there who total around 6,000, will have their minimum wage raised by 63%. Those who put fuel in jets are now fueling the fire for higher minimum wages for all unskilled workers that could catch on in cities across America.
SeaTac is home to over 900 licensed businesses, nearly 80 of which are "Fortune 1000" companies. These entities employ nearly 40,000 employees in the City of SeaTac and generate total local sales of approximately $3.7 billion. Wikipedia. With the minimum wage rising by that much, even though it would pertain only to a particular set of workers, you can well imagine how this will affect prices and the push for all workers across the board in all industries to have an increase that is comparable. The unions will make sure of it. This will set the tone for a national conversation on hiking the minimum wage in every state...it is the can of worms.
With a population of 27,000 in 10 square miles and 2,682 people per square mile in SeaTac, the average family income is right at $50,000 a year. This city has similar demographics to Lake Worth and many illegal aliens; they just have higher incomes. An illegal alien just needs a Mexican or Guatemalan ID and a garbage bill to obtain a driver’s license in Washington State.
So, SeaTac is raising the minimum wage, thanks to the big push by the Unions that will scarf all these people into their fold, to raise the standards of living for the illegal alien and unskilled worker.
A great article written by Daniel Martin Gray of the
Washington Times says, "Eleven million
admitted illegal aliens is almost 4 percent of total
American population. How many millions of new citizens voting big
government benefits for themselves would it take to entirely overwhelm
the rest of us? Where is the demographic tipping point that makes
America a one-party, tin-pot, third-world despotism? Concentrated in
cities with corrupt voting practices, would anyone but progressives ever
win office again?"
This has all been a sneak attack that has escalated in recent years thanks to socialists, liberal Democrats and Obama. Isn't America a great country--land of the free?
