Well, "girl," I hope you have enough of an open mind to look at a more thoughtful piece than the ones you sourced (The Daily Beast? Oh, c'mon on!). https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/business/economy/seattle-minimum-wage.html?_r=0
It's significant that you cherry pick on health care, too: Vermont? Well, "politico" has one very good reason for its not going forward: "wasn’t really a true single-payer plan. Notably, large businesses that operate in multiple states would have been exempt. And it was unclear whether or how enrollees in federal plans like Medicare and TRICARE could be integrated into the state’s plan."
I'll wait for you to answer why this nation is the only developed nation (by far the richest one) that cannot guarantee all its citizens even minimal care. But I suspect you're not to be swayed by logic or statistics. Taxes are bad in your world, aren't they, and so is government. If those two things are true, you may as well accept that this country will be second rate.