[central_va]

You dumba$$ the term is "Mom and Pop business". Are you a rube or what?

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"Mom-and-pop" is a colloquial term used to describe a small, family-owned, or independent business. Mom-and-pop stores are often operations that struggle to compete with more substantial establishments, such as big-box retailers, who generally boast more buying power than smaller players.

[dinodino]

Sure, great example! Let’s use the example of a Mom and Pop business—a small farm that runs, say, a horse stable. The farm also bales hay and straw for sale. Let’s say this Mom and Pop business is located outside of Cedar Rapids, for the sake of argument.

In your mind, you think it’s perfectly acceptable to tell the owners of this stable that they must pay the guy who mucks the stalls and the guys who toss the bales of hay onto the trailers, and then into the barn lofts, $30k/year each. Do you think that mucking a stall somewhere in the Midwest should pay $30k/year? If so, why do you think that—what’s your opinion based on? If you don’t think it should pay $30k/year, then why are you pimping for a minimum wage increase?

It’s a serious question. I’d like to hear your answer.