dailycaller
Jack Crowe
1:00 PM 08/01/2017
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http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/01/emails-seattle-mayors-office-manipulated-a-minimum-wage-study-for-political-benefit/The Seattle Mayor’s office coordinated with a Cal Berkeley economist to manipulate a study on the effects of a $15 minimum wage for maximum political benefit, according to emails obtained by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI).
A staffer for Democratic Mayor Ed Murray reached out to the Cal Berkeley economics department asking them to rush the release of a study, released in June, that cast a positive light on Seattle’s increased minimum wage ordinance.
The Berkeley study’s findings contradicted those of a then forthcoming University of Washington (UW) study, which found that Seattle’s increased minimum wage had cost low-skill workers $179 per month and hurt employment numbers. Murray’s office also explicitly asked Berkeley economist Michael Reich to remove all mentions of the UW study so as not to aid in its dissemination. (RELATED: CPS Claims Seattle Mayor Sexually Abused His Foster Son 30 Years Ago)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/17/cps-claims-seattle-mayor-sexually-abused-his-foster-son-30-years-ago/
