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Anti-$15 an Hour Minimum Wage Lobbyist: "I Don't Think Anybody Can Argue" that $9 an Hour Is a Living Wage

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$9 an hour is not a living wage.

In Seattle.

But you don't have to live in Seattle.

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on October 4, 2013 at 11:34 AM Report this
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It’s beyond important, it’s critical to have a living wage minimum wage, and the wage needs to be indexed to inflation (or better yet college cost)

A living wage minimum wage and card-check would go a long way in fixing a lot of problems in our society
Merchant Seaman on October 4, 2013 at 11:38 AM Report this
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#1: since this vote is in Seatac, what does Seattle's cost of living have to do with it?
Merchant Seaman on October 4, 2013 at 11:40 AM Report this
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@1, only as long as you're single/married without kids. As soon as you want to provide for a family, a $9/hour minimum wage isn't enough for broad swaths of Washington state: http://www.stateofworkingwa.org/#&panel1…
cloudveil1 on October 4, 2013 at 12:11 PM Report this
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Why should these jobs be careers? Move up, move on. Anyone can learn to be a baggage handler.
on October 4, 2013 at 12:16 PM Report this
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@1 People who work in Seattle should be able to live in Seattle.
very bad homo on October 4, 2013 at 12:42 PM Report this
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@6 is right about that

Bet Sally & Tim are getting worried about the citizen revolt brewing, stoked by the SR-99 Tunnel cost overruns they and Ed want is to pay for their millionaire masters ...
Will in Seattle on October 4, 2013 at 12:54 PM Report this
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Sorry auto-Korrect changes my Grandma
Will in Seattle on October 4, 2013 at 12:55 PM Report this
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I wonder which City council reps are calling him... *cough* Richard Conlin *cough*
BookEmDano on October 4, 2013 at 2:27 PM Report this
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I'd love to know which asshole city council members called him. If the Stranger finds out, please post. They will immediately and forever loose my vote.
Reverse Polarity on October 4, 2013 at 3:34 PM Report this
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@1 - You do if you work in an industry that the suburbs do not--perhaps cannot--support.
thelyamhound on October 4, 2013 at 4:07 PM Report this
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I bet it was conlin or Rasmussen.
Dedalus on October 5, 2013 at 2:37 AM Report this
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Although perhaps he meant to say "chamber members" instead of "council members"?
Perhaps it was the chamber of commerce and not a city councilmember that called him?
Dedalus on October 5, 2013 at 2:42 AM Report this
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I make $10 an hour, and this guy is absolutely DREAMING if he thinks anything less is livable. Hell, what I have is barely livable.
treehugger on October 5, 2013 at 9:23 AM Report this
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I have a Masters Degree and barely make over $15/ hr. There is something wrong with this. I mean I have student loans etc... I don't see the justice in this at all!
minimumwage? on December 11, 2013 at 4:03 PM Report this

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