What will be the result of a $15/hour minimum wage ?

Doug · Aug 28, 2019

It's a reality in many places now, being phased in gradually.

Here in CT, an expensive place to live, state minimum wage is currently b$10.10/ hour, goes to $11 on 10/1, then basically a $1 a year raise until it hits $15.

I think this state can handle like $12-$13/ hour, $15 might be a bit too much, but it is a very blue state !

I think it is getting too high/too fast

It's meant to help the working poor in theory, but are you better off making yen an hour and working 38 hours a week on a regular schedule and squeaking by or making fifteen an hour working sporadic 4 hour shifts for 12-15 hours weekly, then trying to juggle a second or third job around that.

You were better off to start with !

bilbal · Aug 28, 2019

When you set a minimum wage, you're setting a poverty level. People making the minimum wage won't be any better off financially because the number increases, likely worse off because they'll pay more in taxes and inflation will steal back the rest. Democrats constantly harp about the 15% who live in poverty and think giving them higher minimum wage solves this, but you could raise the minimum wage to $150/hr and I guarantee you milk will be $67/gallon and the poverty rate will still be 15%.

carlspackler · Aug 28, 2019

rolltide · Aug 29, 2019

restaurant chains are smart and are getting away ahead of this. AOC and Bernie and Yang are too stupid to realize that wages are the biggest expense for a restaurant and retailer so they are moving toward nearly full automation.

McDonalds bought Dynamic Yield and YUM Brands, Dennys, Dairy Queen and a bunch of others have signed up with tech guys like Punchh and Session-M to start personalizing and, soon, eliminating any need for counter help. Behind that, as shown above, is robots on the grill.

By this time next year you'll pull up to the McD's drive thru, or walk into the store, and your smart phone will flip over to their WiFi, thank you personally for coming back, and offer you a few focused menu choices based on order history. You'll confirm and will get a QR code to put up to the POS screen and, if you have apple pay, it will deduct automatically through a cashless transaction.

No need for a $15/hr punk to forget your pickles and ketchup or give you attitude for asking for an extra mustard. A direct, clean, positive experience

similarly beer bars are popping up that eliminate the bartender. You'll get a card and pour your own beer...getting charged by the ounce. No $15/hr server, no tip adding 25% to your bill...

Americans have always adapted and lead the adoption of new technologies. Those that can't afford the new tech will either go out of business or made damn sure their workers aren't getting paid 1.5x for OT

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Willie99 · Aug 30, 2019

Fewer minimum wage jobs, more kiosks, higher unemployment rates amongst the people they think they're helping, businesses closing and increased reliance on government assistance

They're just fucked in the head

GasMan · Aug 30, 2019

It's just additional sales tax revenue and income tax they are fleecing from the moronic public.

Like mos policies, the liberals cannot be truthful about their intent, so they have to create an emotional argument and blame the evil corporations for making people's lives miserable.

sinkhole · Aug 30, 2019

The higher minimum wage has nothing to do with helping low income families.

Think about it.

The more a company pays to it's employees, the more that company has to pay
in Social Security, Medicare and Unemployment taxes. The more a worker earns
the more that worker has to pay in the above taxes plus federal, state and
local taxes.

The higher minimum wage is all about making private money into government money.

Willie99 · Aug 30, 2019

Gas Man said:
It's just additional sales tax revenue and income tax they are fleecing from the moronic public.

Like mos policies, the liberals cannot be truthful about their intent, so they have to create an emotional argument and blame the evil corporations for making people's lives miserable.

It's no longer just evil corporations my friend, it's selfish racist white men too, like me and you

Coldweather · Aug 30, 2019

I think when ya give the people more money they can plant a bigger seed at the Church and reek

a much more bigger and gooder harvest ! cheersgif

Serbone · Sep 1, 2019

We have too many people who live off the USA taxpayers, free: Sec 8 housing, food stamps, fraudulent social security disability, welfare, patient assistant programs, free emergency room serives... so they do not want to work at lower level jobs, it is actually better financially to NOT WORK.

There is a domino effect, our manufacturing is mostly overseas, and now this ridiculous socialist $15 / hr minimum wage will mess things up even worse...

Doug · Sep 2, 2019

I kind of see it as limiting hours , you might have got 38 hours at $10.10/hour , might become 12 hours at $15/ hour ?
Now how to you work three 12 hour a week jobs ?

It's too much, too fast !

guitarjosh · Sep 3, 2019

A related question, if we set the minimum price of cars to $50,000 instead of bailing car companies out, what would be the result?

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