After protests took place calling for the retailer to raise its minimum wage, Wal-Mart recently announced that they would be doing just that.
#RaiseTheWage progressives actually seem surprised about what happened next:
Walmart cuts workers’ hours after raising its minimum wage earlier this year http://t.co/6qRLXYD6mo pic.twitter.com/z52CSP2Tlp
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) August 31, 2015
Shocker!
Unexpectedly! https://t.co/sTLBOvRrqc
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) August 31, 2015
Unexpectedly! https://t.co/K7k7B47Mwk
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) August 31, 2015
Who could have seen this coming? https://t.co/PvUcVqJoGn
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) August 31, 2015
Go figure.
"But we meant well!"
-Idiot progressives, every single time https://t.co/2XptUdLpIn
— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) August 31, 2015
It's the GOP congress's fault for refusing to repeal the law of supply & demand. https://t.co/2XptUdLpIn
— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) August 31, 2015
https://twitter.com/Coondawg68/status/638369524681732096
In which @thinkprogress discovers math exists. Hysteria ensues https://t.co/PkX4QBjTeD
— Michele Frost (@michelelfrost) August 31, 2015
https://twitter.com/BotchedLobotomy/status/638377558594203648
@thinkprogress Wow, who could have seen this coming? Anyone that doesn't read ThinkProgress…
— NoOneOfConsequence (@StarDogCh4mpion) August 31, 2015
https://twitter.com/DavidJohnGarth/status/638357840344838144
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/638357390795108353
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/638357860112596992
@thinkprogress HAHAHAHAHA liberals are so stupid
— Pete Mitchell (@Nopoints4second) August 31, 2015
@thinkprogress Something those FF15# fools don't understand.
— Ex-GOP Greg (@Flying59Vette) August 31, 2015
@thinkprogress Well duh. That's how reality works. In spite of all the stupid you throw at it.
— GluedThumbs (@GluedThumbs) August 31, 2015
The dynamic will be totally different when the cause of the wage hike is a government mandate, however: https://t.co/mve1wRiPBT
— Colin Grabow (@cpgrabow) August 31, 2015
We could force Walmart to give people more hours. #RaiseTheHours https://t.co/gfubeNrEDw
— David Edward ? (@_David_Edward) August 31, 2015
Econ 101. https://t.co/LJBwlCCitN
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) August 31, 2015
What a concept!
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