http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/the-bitter-lesson-from-seattles-minimum-wage-hike/ The Bitter Lesson From Seattle's Minimum Wage Hike - - - - - - - - - - - - Doesn't matter though as far as the Democratic Party is concerned. Today's Democratic Party has morphed into a hard core, far left wing socialist party, espousing Marxist principles over capitalism. The Democratic Party will keep pushing its "Marxist drugs" no matter what the negative ramifications are to our society.