tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post7712822657045517911..comments2024-03-30T00:09:27.602+13:00Comments on Not PC: Minimum wage rise: they wanted, they demanded it, they marched for, and they got it. Good and hard.Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-44017055955368179832015-03-20T12:15:28.554+13:002015-03-20T12:15:28.554+13:00as with all minimum wage increases, the real measu...as with all minimum wage increases, the real measurement is the number not employed because of it, but that is not measured by the BLS even though it could easily be captured by adding a couple questions to the many surveys done by them. A waiter gets an increase in wages, the employer employs fewer waiters which means some former waiters took a 100% pay cut and the patrons pay by having to wait for their meals longer but none of those measurements are done.by BLS. Just look at the unemployment rates in socialist utopias like France where the people subject to minimum wage have an unemployment rate of close to 50% jackndchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18143727824018362962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-3746312054286618712015-03-20T07:23:31.065+13:002015-03-20T07:23:31.065+13:00Agree with your comments but note that in terms of...Agree with your comments but note that in terms of the article none of the restaurateurs seem to blame the wages for their closure decision and given it hadn't come in at the time they closed that seems plausible. Kiwi Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13029362517345491450noreply@blogger.com