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taught_me_patience

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9. It will probably be too much for high labor businesses to bear

Reply to clydefrand (Original post)

Wed Nov 11, 2015, 01:08 PM

Nov 2015

Restaurants will be hurt the hardest. Expect big price increases, worse quality, and many of your small local favorites going out of business. McDonalds will survive quite nicely, though.

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15$ min? [View all] clydefrand Nov 2015 OP

Funny....he only pays his interns $12! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #1

I was legal guardian katsy Nov 2015 #2

Which is above minimum wage zalinda Nov 2015 #5

But STILL $3 an hour less than he is charging VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #6

That is not the truth zalinda Nov 2015 #20

Hillary interns are unpaid but get free coffee Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 #13

How does that change it? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #16

We've never done a minimum wage jump this big so we don't really know Recursion Nov 2015 #3

It seems to me there should be a graduated increase AND tie to the rate of inflation MH1 Nov 2015 #14

In ryan_cats Nov 2015 #4

Is this tongue in cheek? Dem2 Nov 2015 #7

Don't let facts or reality get in the way of a good RW story n/t n2doc Nov 2015 #8

"Low paying jobs will soon be automated." --- that is happening anyway. MH1 Nov 2015 #15

Yep... AOR Nov 2015 #18

It will probably be too much for high labor businesses to bear taught_me_patience Nov 2015 #9

Restaurants as is don't 'actually' have to pay current minimum. Lancero Nov 2015 #10

Not in California. taught_me_patience Nov 2015 #12

Most states, California is one of the exceptions. Lancero Nov 2015 #19

Restaurants are starting to eliminate tips karadax Nov 2015 #11

economics is math that changes with population olddots Nov 2015 #17