More Right Wing Ignorance Shot Down

blackascoal said:
WRONG as Hell.
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Yes WaPo article comes from a liberal perspective who has ties to Democrats. That's why they don't like the study.

The story showed hours dropped for low income employees and they made less money.

This is a perfect example of ideology trumping the facts of what occurred. Bernstein can talk about macro Seattle employment numbers but look at the actual data which shows this hurt the workers it professed to help
 
cawacko said:
Yes WaPo article comes from a liberal perspective who has ties to Democrats. That's why they don't like the study.

The story showed hours dropped for low income employees and they made less money.

This is a perfect example of ideology trumping the facts of what occurred. Bernstein can talk about macro Seattle employment numbers but look at the actual data which shows this hurt the workers it professed to help
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They clearly demonstrated how the study was flawed and so inconsistent with other serious studies. Maybe you missed that part.

Stand back .. it's going to be hard to miss this .. :0)

Seattle's high minimum wage hasn't cost jobs, study finds
June 21st, 2017

Seattle's $15-an-hour minimum wage law has boosted pay for restaurant workers without costing jobs, according to a study released Tuesday.

The report, from the University of California at Berkeley's Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, is certain to add to the debate as activists around the country push for increases in local, state and federal minimum wages.

The report is the first in a series of reviews in which the institute is examining jurisdictions that have raised their minimum wages.

It focused on food service jobs, which some critics said could be disproportionately affected if increased wages forced restaurants to cut workers' hours. Author Michael Reich said that hasn't been the case.

The results should give more confidence to other jurisdictions around the country that have adopted $15-an-hour laws, he said.

"We were surprised," Reich said Tuesday. "The results were so much clearer than is often the case."

Last year, University of Washington researchers found mixed results for the Seattle law, which phases in an increase to $15 an hour by 2021. They said the law appeared to have slightly reduced the employment rate of low-wage workers even as it boosted pay.

But the new research, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, determined that "employment effects" in restaurants "were not statistically distinguishable from zero."

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Tuesday marked the three-year anniversary of Seattle's law, and Mayor Ed Murray welcomed the study.

"When we passed the $15 minimum wage, we were warned the economy would tank, jobs would dry up, and employers would flee," Murray said. "Today, Seattle's economy is the strongest it has ever been, unemployment is at a historically low rate, and employers are competing for employees."

Seattle's unemployment rate fell to 2.6 percent over the last two years, Murray said, and restaurants were among the city's fastest growing industries, with more than 33,000 workers in 2016.
http://www.king5.com/news/local/seattles-high-minimum-wage-hasnt-cost-jobs-study-finds/450850532

Unless you can refute the bolded, I don't see where you even have an argument regardless of what study you cite.

Can you refute the bolded?
 
blackascoal said:
They clearly demonstrated how the study was flawed and so inconsistent with other serious studies. Maybe you missed that part.

Stand back .. it's going to be hard to miss this .. :0)

Seattle's high minimum wage hasn't cost jobs, study finds
June 21st, 2017

Seattle's $15-an-hour minimum wage law has boosted pay for restaurant workers without costing jobs, according to a study released Tuesday.

The report, from the University of California at Berkeley's Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, is certain to add to the debate as activists around the country push for increases in local, state and federal minimum wages.

The report is the first in a series of reviews in which the institute is examining jurisdictions that have raised their minimum wages.

It focused on food service jobs, which some critics said could be disproportionately affected if increased wages forced restaurants to cut workers' hours. Author Michael Reich said that hasn't been the case.

The results should give more confidence to other jurisdictions around the country that have adopted $15-an-hour laws, he said.

"We were surprised," Reich said Tuesday. "The results were so much clearer than is often the case."

Last year, University of Washington researchers found mixed results for the Seattle law, which phases in an increase to $15 an hour by 2021. They said the law appeared to have slightly reduced the employment rate of low-wage workers even as it boosted pay.

But the new research, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, determined that "employment effects" in restaurants "were not statistically distinguishable from zero."

---

Tuesday marked the three-year anniversary of Seattle's law, and Mayor Ed Murray welcomed the study.

"When we passed the $15 minimum wage, we were warned the economy would tank, jobs would dry up, and employers would flee," Murray said. "Today, Seattle's economy is the strongest it has ever been, unemployment is at a historically low rate, and employers are competing for employees."

Seattle's unemployment rate fell to 2.6 percent over the last two years, Murray said, and restaurants were among the city's fastest growing industries, with more than 33,000 workers in 2016.
http://www.king5.com/news/local/seattles-high-minimum-wage-hasnt-cost-jobs-study-finds/450850532

Unless you can refute the bolded, I don't see where you even have an argument regardless of what study you cite.

Can you refute the bolded?
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Saying Seattle has low unemployment is a macro issue. It doesn't address the low income workers themselves. The Seattle study does and it found they worked less hours and made $125/month less.

That's the real takeaway. The people it professed to help it hurt.
 
cawacko said:
Yes WaPo article comes from a liberal perspective who has ties to Democrats. That's why they don't like the study.

The story showed hours dropped for low income employees and they made less money.

This is a perfect example of ideology trumping the facts of what occurred. Bernstein can talk about macro Seattle employment numbers but look at the actual data which shows this hurt the workers it professed to help
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The study, as I understand it, has yet to go through peer review....
 
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