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re: OT- Let your state reps know how you feel
Posted on 12/8/20 at 11:53 am to VADawg
Posted on 12/8/20 at 11:53 am to VADawg
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The fun part about this argument is the people who say raise minimum wage can't see the forest for the trees. The people who would be hurt the most by this are the people who make minimum wage because their jobs would disappear so fast it would make your head spin
This has been done many times all over the country and all over the world. That fear is overblown.
McDonalds is going to automation with or without the wage increase. Every job a machine can do a machine will do. You really think that extra $150k/year they'd spend is the tipping point? They're already spending that all over the world.
Wages in manufacturing have lagged way behind inflation for 4 decades and automation eliminated those jobs. That's not a reason to keep wages depressed.
- and that's coming from someone with lower wage employees.
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Posted on 12/8/20 at 12:02 pm to chillmonster
Also, higher minimum wage means higher cost of goods. If grocery stores are forced to pay the 18 year old college kid working the register $15/hour, guess what? The cost of basic groceries will also go up.
Minimum wage stays down because high school and college kids working in a gas station or at a fast food place don't need to make $15/hour.
Minimum wage stays down because high school and college kids working in a gas station or at a fast food place don't need to make $15/hour.
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