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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
thought there were other test kitchens on this?
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There have been, but it has been on a much smaller scale. For example in Washington the city of Seattle recently passed a law that the minimum wage in Seattle will go up to $15. It's a nice little test, but Seattle is a rich city and it is surrounded by a lot of smaller cities so a lot of people can live in the surrounding areas where it is cheaper and commute into town for the higher wages.
This is the first time an entire state is going to raise the minimum wage so if a business wants to avoid paying it they can't just move a few miles away to the next city, they will have to leave the state. Also being a big state that has a lot of legal and illegal immigration I am interested in seeing how it affects that.