<http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=3db0db2c-8e52-4b86-ad20-acdfe4ee1be9&a=1109020 606174&d=1117567463805&r=3&o=http://ui.constantcontact.com/images/p1x1.gif&c =4b973610-7e19-11e3-9448-d4ae52843d28&ch=4d1ac8d0-7e19-11e3-94b9-d4ae52843d2 8>
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001fymoJWpufI9B3RjPIXzQUQpHoeBDBbkSbtuvRo0VL4ni onoDUBmq4LghEaBL0Rbv1tNuAVHQXSq31MQodpTl2NtaISthE-_Dfs7jyUNCMkZU3oH-NXH5Wi3V Yqd3RC7px17rejqNsbx1hfSx4SpfK5bhLFVeit4IYIlzlbB1yHPWa849wOU9Lg==&c=Ddf1s0XM6 et0jS97CUuwavw4s-pMO_6sMfDg7JiSpnOz90x06x7wWA==&ch=UyJX2IeWGvGB1g1HLXZzKSCYK -28SLEspwPE74XETUPAt-EYCosNwQ==> June 6, 2014 Bypassing McDonalds to Fly When a professional academic economist and poverty specialist like Prof. Robert Plotnick <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001fymoJWpufI9B3RjPIXzQUQpHoeBDBbkSbtuvRo0VL4ni onoDUBmq4JM6h6qPq7vELHTwUtCfWoOOgBpOrMz30IDji97D6UmC6LobbvamtDqJooEuhbgPyJby 7OlxEF-6M_4Mm4EhRjaLT2oMs3ZAl0iCJ1cKgsaq9uYzhUZtnsX9VlEGh_6bmt3F3iYQLj3-&c=D df1s0XM6et0jS97CUuwavw4s-pMO_6sMfDg7JiSpnOz90x06x7wWA==&ch=UyJX2IeWGvGB1g1HL XZzKSCYK-28SLEspwPE74XETUPAt-EYCosNwQ==> defends a radically higher minimum wage law, as has been put in place in SeaTac, Washington, and was just enacted <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001fymoJWpufI9B3RjPIXzQUQpHoeBDBbkSbtuvRo0VL4ni onoDUBmq4JM6h6qPq7vEiObqxWxNFSB_faBz1VQa08A2Y1GBWx45b9ndM4fOzqoyMvFa8Qn-Md4m y-YEcEoxGSlUu3Pykw_pDxF0COxoZfiRpr9TdOGQX1LOMcpUUcV9x27S2DIY9XQbrSIXeOtWZ_Gx q4233txG1A1DW_tszg==&c=Ddf1s0XM6et0jS97CUuwavw4s-pMO_6sMfDg7JiSpnOz90x06x7wW A==&ch=UyJX2IeWGvGB1g1HLXZzKSCYK-28SLEspwPE74XETUPAt-EYCosNwQ==> (with elaborate postponement/implementation periods) in Seattle, I raise an eyebrow. What am I missing? But then I read what he actually said: <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001fymoJWpufI9B3RjPIXzQUQpHoeBDBbkSbtuvRo0VL4ni onoDUBmq4JM6h6qPq7vE6xVgvbmFJ2_a2yR0sFkDwA5eR9vG2a1Rgzioc3m6-_aQ4vFyRr0j1XYk oTsOqkhGA2NqTIbNq5zxhJHhXnccIkiWSK1VmZVXjuKIX-J2POZbGlbUaG1dyk9HISaMz-h8dClC m0J_iVQ=&c=Ddf1s0XM6et0jS97CUuwavw4s-pMO_6sMfDg7JiSpnOz90x06x7wWA==&ch=UyJX2 IeWGvGB1g1HLXZzKSCYK-28SLEspwPE74XETUPAt-EYCosNwQ==> "People aren't going to stop flying out of Sea Tac [airport] because it costs a little more to buy a hamburger or a beer," he says. No. They won't. <http://thisiscommonsense.com/images/dollarscents.png> But that's irrelevant. With prices higher for fast food, there's certainly going to be no increase in fast food purchases. People will still go to the airport, but more often avoid the fast food joints, in SeaTac or Seattle. And, over time, as businesses struggle with reduced revenue, or at least reduced profits, fewer of those businesses will survive. And folks with better qualifications - say, better language skills, better people skills, or a higher work ethic - will move in to the forced higher-wage area (the $15/hour minimum in both Sea Tac and Seattle is the highest city rate in the nation) and will replace less skilled workers. Increasing poverty, not decreasing it: stultifying progress, both personal and in general. Already the horror stories are piling up: check out the stories in the Seattle Times. (See economist David Henderson's discussion on EconLog <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001fymoJWpufI9B3RjPIXzQUQpHoeBDBbkSbtuvRo0VL4ni onoDUBmq4JM6h6qPq7vEBjmqUviAmHOuFUi9Tm427lNvxQBzKhKg3vREc3VMPAjcPL3MGIXgtah4 b6W5e0zwgNwpqLXAY12T1rxSHorhh2AHHDKIgYPA3LU0IaeFFzn5pjW0rTQkRzlUowatJpcLHLLt 9jrC1JCo8p7FY8nJF5C43t605oPD8rmIWgkvi5s=&c=Ddf1s0XM6et0jS97CUuwavw4s-pMO_6sM fDg7JiSpnOz90x06x7wWA==&ch=UyJX2IeWGvGB1g1HLXZzKSCYK-28SLEspwPE74XETUPAt-EYC osNwQ==> .) One of the problems was inadvertently suggested by our president, who recently intoned, "Let's declare that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty." Great. We'll have fewer low-income workers working full time. This is Common Sense. I'm Paul Jacob. 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