I’m beginning to believe that there is a vast left wing conspiracy in California to drive out normal rational people. The remaining Hollywood, Tech, and Gov’t people will be able to rule over their welfare slaves from Mexico that will provide their laundry, gardening, maid, chauffeur, normal and kinky sex, etc. services ... a virtual Socialist Utopia!
Secede from the USA, California...Then you can raise the minimum wage however high you want it...LOL
“the $15 minimum wage will cost the state at least $4 billion as tens of thousands of government employees get raises from the mandate and program expenditures adjust upward”
The money quote.
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But just think! Those who survive the purge will have more money to spend on some really gnarly tattoos, dude!
This will mean less people on the freeway as more people end up unemployed.
The problem is that they are all infiltrating other states. We have loads of Californians in Austin and they are starting to ruin the place.
Isn’t the California state retirement program in trouble? Cops, teachers, etc?
I’ve been seeing some restaurants close or changing management here in the SF Bay Area. All the prices are being change skyward in anticipation of the minimum wage hikes. Result, few customers.
Not sure about the premise, the California minimum wage goes from $10.00 to $10.50 in 2017.
Fifteen bucks doesn’t happen until 2022.
Anybody who’s closing now is doing so because they can’t handle a five percent labor cost increase.
I think it’s great!
California as a giant petri dish.
We can all watch and learn.
Let’s see what happens!
Used to be that an entry level fast food job could pave the way to many more opportunities. Six months to a year of customer service and handling cash opened the door to positions at banks and much more. Now all that experience will not be available. The customers will be served by a kiosk that never calls in sick. I’ve read that McDonald’s is trying out burger machines that can crank out 100’s of burgers per hour. The minimum wage proponents make me ill.