As usual Right wing conservatives lie about everything. This whole restaurant closing due to $15 min wage thing was proven to be a lie a week ago.. Yet here they are still pushing the same lies.
The owners of each of these restaurants whom were closing were interviewed and every single one of them said the 15/hr min wage had nothing to do with it. In fact of the 4 restaurants which were closing.. 1 of the owners was opening 2 new restaurants in it's place...
This whole lie was started by a Right wing conservative "think tank" whom just took advantage of idiots whom don't care about facts but just what the title says.. As we notice several of those types are right here in this topic..
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At first, it was a local Washington State based think tank called the Washington Policy Center—a think tank fully supported by local, Washington State business interests—that grabbed onto the opportunity to publish a release announcing that Seattle’s $15 wage law was a “factor” in the restaurant closings.
Never mind that not so much as one of the restaurant closings discussed in the original piece referenced the coming rise in minimum wage as a reason for their decision to shutter their business. And never mind that the owner of one of the four eateries discussed is currently opening two new restaurants in Seattle. It was a headline that opponents of the citywide minimum wage increase could not resist—and the facts could not be allowed to stand in the way.
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Minimum Wage Increase Killing Seattle Restaurants? Anatomy Of A Lie From Inside The Bubble - Forbes
No, the minimum wage isn't forcing these Seattle restaurants to close - LA Times
There was even a video interview with 2 of the restaurant owners whom were mentioned and they weren't exactly happy that the right wing media was using their business as a tool to lie to people.
This shit has been debunked over a week at this point, but as usual the lies keep going because certain types of people don't give a fuck about the truth just what they want to hear.