[molson209]

With Business closing ,the city will take in less taxes so they have to increase taxes on businesses , oh my

[Jewbacca]

Democrats must hate low-skilled workers.

[CedarDave]

Officials said four restaurants and six grocery stores have closed since January.

Good example of what happens when government pushes aside the free market and sets wages.

[DoughtyOne]

82% of the people were this stupid...

[Tijeras_Slim]

Plus they got wise at the animal shelter about all of Mr. Chan’s cat adoptions.

[TBP]

We get to kill more businesses! We get to kill more businesses!

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

""It was just implemented two weeks ago," Guillen said. "In the long run it will benefit the entire community."

Lib logic! Isn't it amazing? (Did I just use an oxymoron?)

[17th Miss Regt]

"In the long run it will benefit the entire community."

Those restaurants making huge profits will just scrape by now. Those not making huge profits will close, leaving their workers with no jobs. They will become dependent on the government for benefits and will vote for Democrats forever.

"See, I told you in the long run it will benefit the entire community."

[DonaldC]

“Many business owners are blaming the 36 percent wage hike, while some said the businesses were already in financial distress.”

Whether they were in distress or not, the jobs are now definitely gone.

[eyeamok]

California Stupid

[hinckley buzzard]

Simple supply and demand. If you raise the price of something, demand will go down and less will be bought. That includes labor. The social engineers either don't understand this, or they think they are smart enough to know how elastic the price of labor is-- but they are not. That will be determined by the buyers (employers), thank you.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Venezuela has a minimum wage but toilet paper isn’t available in stores, and if it is, few can afford it.

I hope the Marxists in Oakland stocks up on toilet paper.

[Bob]

Welcome, workers, to the real minimum wage — $0.00

[Dilbert San Diego]

So, we see consequences from a feel good.liberal policy.

The people who worked at the places which went out of business now have no job.

And consider the business owner who is going to be coping, by cutting the hours his restaurant is open. His employees will be working fewer hours. Their rate of pay may be higher while their take home pay actually declines.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Abolish the Federal minimum wage. I love it when lib hellholes commit economic suicide like this. I have no problem when cities and states do this.

[21twelve]

“Worker Danielle Schlamp has not received a check with her new raise on it, but is looking forward to more money in her pocket.”

After the guy turns puts his new hours into effect it won’t be much of a raise. Cutting two hours off the 8 is a decrease of 25%. The wage increase was 26.5 percent.

On the plus side, she’ll have more time and can work a second job. AND the job’s figures go up!

[Billthedrill]

The city government should bar these businesses from closing, and force them to make just as much money as last year. They could call it Directive 10-289.

[Secret Agent Man]

It’s a win win for libtard politicians.

If the businesses stay open, they say see, it didn’t cause them to close.

If the businesses close, they can blame the business owners for the economic distress - they closed and caused workers to lose their jobs. Then these unemplyed can use government services and welfare and vote for the libtard politicians who want to continue their benefits.

[Organic Panic]

“Can’t we just make it illegal for businesses to lay off workers or close down?” -Oakland City Council

[Mastador1]

Worker Danielle Schlamp has not received a check with her new raise on it, but is looking forward to more money in her pocket.

Until the moron figures out that everything costs 36% more, and oh yeah the company that used to employ her has gone belly up. Idiots on parade.