$15 minimum wage would cost 45,000 jobs ... in just one county

A county considering raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour commissioned a study on the impacts of the hike, and the results are staggering. It should serve as a wake-up call to other localities considering large increases.

Montgomery County, a Washington, D.C., suburb with more than a million residents in southern Maryland, is represented by all Democrats, and their County Council voted 5-4 to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour. County Executive Ike Leggett vetoed the measure in January, and since then, the county commissioned a report on the effects of the increase.