Posted on 07/14/2013 10:44:44 AM PDT by Starman417
Job killing leftists have chalked up another victory. Wal-Mart was looking to build three stores in Washington, DC, but the prostitutes serving Big Labor, aka the DC City Council, voted 8-5 to chase them away. What this came in the form of was a "Living Wage Bill", which was actually specifically targeted toward Wal-Mart. The bill forces retailers with over $1 billion in sales and stores occupying over 75,000 feet of pave to pay $12.50 per hour, as opposed to the $8.25 Washington, DC minimum wage. The Washington Post reported
The question here is a living wage; its not whether Wal-Mart comes or stays, said council member Vincent B. Orange (D-At Large), a lead backer of the legislation, who added that the city did not need to kowtow to threats. Were at a point where we dont need retailers. Retailers need us.
What? Exactly what point is it that you feel the need to chase businesses away from a city that has 8.5% unemployment? We could also give Messr, Orange a basic lesson on economics that wages get determined by what you're worth, not what makes leftists happy. Entry level jobs pay less for a reason. And we could also point out that when a city suffers from high unemployment it's nothing to celebrate over when you shut down someone who is willing to risk their own money in your neighborhood to create jobs. $8.25 per hour is actually an exponentially better wage than the amount of zero that comes from not working. Fox News added that Wal-mart scrapped it's plans as a result, and also noted how this bill singled out Wal-Mart:
Unionized businesses are exempt from the measure. Large stores that already have a presence in D.C., including Target (TGT) and Macys (M), have four years to comply.
That last part can be translated as an exemption that Macy's and Target will be allowed to keep in perpetuity provided they shovel enough money to the appropriate community groups dedicated to re-electing the DC council members.
One doesn't have to go far to see examples of leftists' selective outrage, whether it's in the privately owned Newseum's layoffs while their executives are paid quite well, or anti-Capitalist Senator Elizabeth Warren (D - Cherokee Nation) who pays her own interns a living wage of... zero.
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fatnotlazy wrote:
“Unfortunately, the spin will be that unemployment is the fault of greedy Wal Mart. And these fools will buy it.”
(Sigh) Ya know, with five years empirical evidence staring me in the face, I would, begrudgingly agree, that you mighr be more correct than wrong!
True story: Some years ago, the feds offered this town a chunk of money to make improvements to the long-neglected business district. Obtaining that money would have involved some paperwork. The officials didn't want to spend time on the paperwork, so they turned down the money. Just amazing.
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