Are Those New Surcharges on Your Receipts Politically Motivated?

by Ana Sofia Knauf The Stranger
In January, Eric Beinhocker, an author and economist, was in town to meet local venture capitalist Nick Hanauer and was staying at the W Hotel downtown when he noticed a strange surcharge on his room-service bill. As the Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky reported, the hotel chain had tacked on a 6.5 percent fee, ostensibly to offset the costs of Seattle's minimum-wage increase.
Beinhocker and Hanauer took to Twitter to air their displeasure: "Shameful—@WHotels '