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113 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker 3h \ parent \ on: LA Council to Study Wage Increases for Const. Workers from $18 to $32 per HR econ
Having sat on enough policy committees I now see how this stuff works.
"Commissioning a study" is what happens when the majority thinks it's obviously a bad idea or a waste of time to talk about, but they don't want to say it outright for fear of the blowback they'll get from the wokies.
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122 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 2h
Seattle made the mistake of actually doing a decent job forming their committee to evaluate the minimum wage effects.
When the prespecified empirical approach didn't yield the results they wanted, they just brought in a different batch of economists who would give them the right answers.
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 2h
Dang, I hadn't heard this story, but is not surprising
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 1h
This is how government works. Not new. Not unique. If you haven't seen it watch the BBC show "Yes Minister!" from the 1980s. Over and over again I see things from that show done in US government. And it's a hilarious show.
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