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Re: How $10.10 an hour could get votes in November
But, as I pointed out previously, it did... It probably even had something to do with the increase of the MW:
Here is an article claiming that the increase in WA of the MW was good, and even they indicate that UE went up afterwards
Minimum Wage In Washington: After 16 Years, State With Highest Minimum Wage Maintains Lower Unemployment Than National, Regional Averages.
I didn't claim a connection. I simply stated that many on the right claimed when MW was raised unemployment would rise, it didn't.
But, as I pointed out previously, it did... It probably even had something to do with the increase of the MW:
Here is an article claiming that the increase in WA of the MW was good, and even they indicate that UE went up afterwards
Minimum Wage In Washington: After 16 Years, State With Highest Minimum Wage Maintains Lower Unemployment Than National, Regional Averages.
These numbers suggest an initial unemployment shock between 2000 and 2003, followed by a gradual reduction.
The line chart above suggests that Washington indeed saw an increase in unemployment at a faster rate than the national and regional averages in the first years after the 1999 wage mandate; but then there was a leveling-off and a steep decline in joblessness from 2004 to 2007.
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