What you missed is that detractors, notably Tim Worstall at Forbes and Mark Perry at AEI, were specifically pointing to this metric to state their case against

What you missed is that detractors, notably Tim Worstall at Forbes and Mark Perry at AEI, were specifically pointing to this metric to state their case against the wage increase. It isn't arbitrary to use the very metric presented by the detractors to prove their point invalid. example: http://www.aei.org/publication/seattles-new-minimum-wage-law-takes-effect-april-1-but-is-already-leading-to-restaurant-closings-and-job-losses/ http://www.aei.org/publication/seattles-new-minimum-wage-law...