Minimum wage fever isn't passing – more increases will bring more misery for workers

Several cities and counties in Washington have caught the minimum wage increase fever by proposing increases of $20.29 in King County to as high as $24 an hour in Olympia. There was even talk about a $41 an hour wage for a single parent with a child at home which roughly equates to $82,000 a year.

Sounds great until the reality of paying for the increases kicks in.

King 5 reports one restaurant owner said going over $20 per hour will likely force him to raise prices.

The false assumption in all minimum wage increase proposals is the employee will benefit long term from higher income.

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