No More Tips Due to Left-Wing Mandates Coming to Michigan

As Townhall.com just report­ed:

In Seat­tle, a grow­ing num­ber of peo­ple are grow­ing tired of tip­ping and are report­ed­ly refus­ing to tip restau­rant staff due to the city’s sig­nif­i­cant min­i­mum wage hikes. With Seattle’s min­i­mum wage now among the high­est in the nation, some res­i­dents argue that tip­ping is no longer nec­es­sary, believ­ing the increased base pay should cov­er ser­vice com­pen­sa­tion.

That’s because tipped employ­ees now make the full min­i­mum wage, which in Seat­tle will be $20.76 per hour as of Jan­u­ary 1.

(Note: the only true “min­i­mum wage” is $0, which is what more work­ers inevitably get when low-income jobs are out­lawed. This is the true effect of “min­i­mum wage” laws across the board.)

Ordi­nar­i­ly, tipped employ­ees make almost all of their income in tips. But now that cus­tomers know they’re mak­ing the same hourly rate as the cooks, they’re cut­ting back their tips.

Seattle’s min­i­mum wage ordi­nance was designed to ensure a “liv­ing wage” for all work­ers, includ­ing ser­vice work­ers. How­ev­er, the city’s push for high­er min­i­mum wages has had unin­tend­ed con­se­quences. Con­sumers are voic­ing frus­tra­tion over “tip­ping fatigue,” which is made worse by “tipfla­tion,” as sug­gest­ed gra­tu­ities climb along­side wage increas­es. […]

On the oppo­site end of the indus­try, Seat­tle restau­rant own­ers are pan­ick­ing over the min­i­mum wage increase, say­ing it would add an extra “$45,000 in expens­es per month that they don’t have.”

Left-wing orga­ni­za­tions deceived vot­ers into pass­ing a min­i­mum wage increase in 2018 that phas­es out the “tip cred­it” over time and brings tipped employ­ees to the full min­i­mum wage by 2030.

So, what’s hap­pen­ing in Seat­tle is com­ing soon to Michi­gan: lay­offs, restau­rant clo­sures, and cus­tomers that no longer tip for good ser­vice.