Workers Want Less Hours So They Won't Leave Their "Free Stuff"

Seattle employees ask for REDUCED hours so that

"jacked-up" minimum wage won't cost them subsidized

housing:  Gee, who could have seen this coming...?   Now this is downright funny. They scream for a higher

minimum wage; then, when they get it, they complain

because they make too much money to qualify for the

free stuff. Go figure.  By jacking up minimum wage,

Seattle has provided a valuable lesson in liberal

economics. The plan has now backfired.   Nora Gibson, executive director of Full Life Care,

told Seattle’s KIRO 7 TV she saw a sudden reaction

from workers when Seattle’s phased minimum-wage

ordinance took effect in April, bringing minimum wage

to $11 an hour. She said some people feared they would

lose their subsidized housing, so they have asked that

their work hours be reduced to remain eligible for all

government subsidies.   It doesn’t stop at $11/hour. The law puts it up to $15

starting January 1, 2017, and they will have to reduce

their work hours even more to remain eligible for handouts.

Good thing the minimum wage wasn’t raised even higher

or most would not work at all.  So now workers work fewer hours but for the same take-

home pay, businesses' labor costs  increase so prices

increase, buyers (workers) pay more, and no one is better

off.   Remember free market capitalism? Under that system, the

harder and smarter you worked, the higher your standard

of living. But that was found to result in income inequality,

so now we have a system where wealth is bestowed

by bureaucrats, and working harder doesn’t always

make sense.   Just a little bit at a time until America is gone!

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