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June 19, 2013, Bloomberg published an article I wrote called "The Capitalist’s Case for a $15
Minimum
Wage."
And yet, just 350 days after that article was published, Seattle's Mayor Ed Murray signed into law an ordinance raising the
minimum
wage in Seattle to 15 dollars an hour, more than double what the prevailing federal $7.25 rate is.
We reminded them that low-wage workers make terrible taxpayers, and that when you raise the
minimum
wage for all businesses, all businesses benefit yet all can compete.
Now the orthodox reaction, of course, is raising the
minimum
wage costs jobs.
I know that most people think that the $15
minimum
wage is this insane, risky economic experiment.
We believe that the $15
minimum
wage in Seattle is actually the continuation of a logical economic policy.
Because, you see, Washington state already has the highest
minimum
wage of any state in the nation.
We pay all workers $9.32, which is almost 30 percent more than the federal
minimum
of 7.25, but crucially, 427 percent more than the federal tipped
minimum
of 2.13.
It is the claim made by those who oppose any increase in the
minimum
wage that if the poor get richer, that will be bad for the economy.
Programs like a reasonable
minimum
wage, affordable healthcare, paid sick leave, and the progressive taxation necessary to pay for the important infrastructure necessary for the middle class like education, R and D, these are indispensable tools shrewd capitalists should embrace to drive growth, because no one benefits from it like us.
Well, I think that should be the
minimum.
Someone who earns the
minimum
wage would have to work for 15 months to save this amount.
They are full of people applying their savvy intelligence to stretch a
minimum
wage paycheck, or balance a job and a side hustle to make ends meet.
In these countries, it is essential that they grow at a
minimum
of seven percent a year in order to put a dent in poverty and to double per capita incomes in one generation.
Several years ago, I conducted a survey of European research libraries and discovered that, at the barest minimum, there are 60,000 manuscripts pre-1500 that are illegible because of water damage, fading, mold and chemical reagents.
Ramsey theory gives us a guarantee that such a
minimum
number exists for certain patterns, but no easy way to find it.
For instance, say you're trying to find out the
minimum
size of a party where there's a group of five people who all know each other or all don't.
Host countries have several duties towards people they have recognized as refugees, like the guarantee of a
minimum
standard of treatment and non-discrimination.
For example, one such question would be, what is the
minimum
number of moving parts needed for controlled flight?
Our constitution demands that a
minimum
of 60 percent of Bhutan's total land shall remain under forest cover for all time.
I mean, there's, like, probably, a dozen, minimum, plant species growing there, supporting all kinds of insect life, and this is a completely unmanaged space, a completely wild space.
He said it looked like a
minimum
security prison.
To be six months ahead of the competition here is to be 500,000 years ahead, at a
minimum.
And when all the cars are driverless and connected, everything is predictable and reaction time,
minimum.
Globally, six in 10 children and young people do not meet the
minimum
proficiency level for reading and mathematics.
EDGE, the global standard for gender equality, is the
minimum
standard.
To figure out the
minimum
number of rubies you’re guaranteed to win, you need to look for the worst case scenario, as if the merchant already knew your move and could arrange the rubies to minimize your winnings.
On the other hand, you can be sure that at least two boxes have a
minimum
of 8 rubies.
Luckily, the remaining square is 50 grams, and the
minimum
effective dose is 10 grams.
And at a minimum, we've catalyzed a lot of them into production, and I think that's worth noting.
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