{"id":32795,"date":"2018-03-22T22:32:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T22:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/dougp-3137\/2017\/06\/26\/wait-for-it-charles-c-w-cooke-predicts-lefty-reaction-to-seattle-minimum-wage-backfire\/"},"modified":"2018-03-22T22:32:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T22:32:28","slug":"wait-for-it-charles-c-w-cooke-predicts-lefty-reaction-to-seattle-minimum-wage-backfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/32795","title":{"rendered":"Wait for it! Charles C.W. Cooke predicts lefty reaction to Seattle minimum wage BACKFIRE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Seattle recently decided to establish a $15-per-hour minimum wage to be implemented over time. The wage hasn’t yet reached that level and there are already problems: <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"> Seattle&#039;s minimum-wage hike seems to have reduced low-wage workers&#039; earnings by $1500 a year: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zB3elfXWdJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/zB3elfXWdJ<\/a> <p>&mdash; Annie Lowrey (@AnnieLowrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnieLowrey\/status\/879298031815991296\">June 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>  <p>Surprised? Many are not: <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"> Yep, supply &amp; demand are still working. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/saFK8R5Cbg\">https:\/\/t.co\/saFK8R5Cbg<\/a> <p>&mdash; Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottlincicome\/status\/879301543891263488\">June 26, 2017<\/a><\/p> <p> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"> Who could have guessed this would happen besides everyone with a 6th grader&#039;s grasp of economics? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cVsGzyTAlv\">https:\/\/t.co\/cVsGzyTAlv<\/a> <p>&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/879330829285167105\">June 26, 2017<\/a><\/p> <p> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"> WHO COULD HAVE FORESEEN <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nvWCUM0eDR\">https:\/\/t.co\/nvWCUM0eDR<\/a> <p>&mdash; Shoshana Weissmann (@senatorshoshana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/senatorshoshana\/status\/879300401337688065\">June 26, 2017<\/a><\/p> <p> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"> Economics is a real bish. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cNPEAe3Wqm\">https:\/\/t.co\/cNPEAe3Wqm<\/a> <p>&mdash; David Edward (@_David_Edward) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_David_Edward\/status\/879310705157189632\">June 26, 2017<\/a><\/p> <div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-3\" style=\"float:left\"> <div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_1\" class=\"ad-300x250\">  googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display(“div-gpt-300x250_1”); }); <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><\/p><\/blockquote><\/p><\/blockquote><\/p><\/blockquote><\/p><\/blockquote><\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/15216877814783-drphilworkingout_new..jpg\" \/><p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/dougp-3137\/2017\/06\/26\/wait-for-it-charles-c-w-cooke-predicts-lefty-reaction-to-seattle-minimum-wage-backfire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/twitchy.com\/dougp-3137\/2017\/06\/26\/wait-for-it-charles-c-w-cooke-predicts-lefty-reaction-to-seattle-minimum-wage-backfire\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Seattle recently decided to establish a $15-per-hour minimum wage to be implemented over time. The wage hasn’t yet reached that level and there are already problems: Seattle&#039;s minimum-wage hike seems to have reduced low-wage workers&#039; earnings by $1500 a year: https:\/\/t.co\/zB3elfXWdJ &mdash; Annie Lowrey (@AnnieLowrey) June 26, 2017 Surprised? Many are not: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/32795\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wait for it! Charles C.W. Cooke predicts lefty reaction to Seattle minimum wage BACKFIRE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[180],"tags":[3794,7204,3108],"class_list":["post-32795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-culture","tag-charles-c-w-cooke","tag-minimum-wage-law","tag-seattle"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/15216877811681-drphilworkingout_new..jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}