[george76]

" Democrats to Boost Minimum Wage, Minimum Service ..."

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[showme_the_Glory]

restaurants that were paying sub-minimum wage will just offset the % of tips they hold back to compensate?

[george76]

“In exchange for higher pay,” said Sen. Kennedy, D-MA, “my bill would require that minimum-wage workers increase their service to their employers and customers to some federally-mandated minimum levels.”

http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=2404

[A. Pole]

a minimum of $3.83 an hour, up $1.70 from the previous minimum

How much the price of a meal will be affected by that? If the wage were lowered from $1.70 to $1.00 how much "good" would it do?

[A CA Guy]

Out here in California I am friends with a fellow who is the owner of a large chain of independent restaurants.

He told me he has been operating near the red for a few years and was just about to see it turn around until this.

The last time the minimum wage went up a quarter he saw a three month loss to his business of $250,000.

The end result of an increased minimum wage is job loss, business closures and decreased revenue from taxes to the treasury.
From the market... If people are worth more the market place does afford them the opportunity to earn more. If they need big daddy to dictate they should get more, then it is a form of welfare that reduces income long term to the treasury and that is about it.

[Starwolf]

My favorite local resturant just posted a price increase and openly attributed it to the new minimum wage laws.

[geo40xyz]

Its the democRATs fault:-()

Just the start of 'bad' things to come, for sure.

[printhead]

Perhaps most concerning is the fact that the increase is tied to the Constitution, which means it's no longer in the hands of policy makers.

"To us, it was not well conceived," ... "We could not understand why it belonged in the Constitution..."

What constitution might this be? P.S. How does one italicize quotes in html?

[dangus]

A minimum wage is meaningless if illegal aliens are working off the books. I don't think I've been to a MacDonalds in twenty years that wasn't exclusively staffed by illegal aliens. That's why they've resorted to using pictures of food on their cash registers, and using numbers instead of names for meals. The way to help the working poor is to end slave imports from Mexico. The use of migrant workers to suppress wages is, as the infallible doctrine of the Catholic Church states (in contrast to the Marxist f@ggots who run so much of the US church), "an unspeakable crime, which cries out to the Heavens for vengence. (Rerum Novarum)"

OTOH, any restaurant that is affected by the minimum wage hike deserves to go out of business, and probably makes you sick anyway.

[RobRoy]

My wife and I hardly ever eat out any more. Parking is a pain, when you're done you gotta wait for your bill, etc., it is VERY time consuming and it is, frankly poor stewardship of our money. If we enjoyed it more, that last thing would not apply of course.

We really like to prepare, eat and clean up for meals together. It is something we discovered in our 40's. And when your done, your AT HOME. It really is win/win.

[TASMANIANRED]

The higher the meal the less often I'm likely to eat out.

[george76]

Amendment 42

Amendment 42 increased the minimum wage by 33 percent for non-tipped employees, taking them from $5.15 to $6.85, with an annual increase adjusted for inflation.

Tipped employees saw a raise from $2.13 to $3.83. Annual adjustments will be made at the same rate as for non-tipped workers.

[TheLion]

Does anyone know the effects of this raise on union wages, which I have read are multiples of the minimum wage?

[goldstategop]

Colorado liberals saddled minimum wage workers with higher taxes and less take home pay. Great job!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[jan in Colorado]

Here you go Vince!

[timer]

I think it was Ronald Reagan(correct me if I'm wrong) who said that if you want MORE of something you tax it less, if you want LESS of something you tax it more. In trying to squeeze those dirty RICH restaurant owners/republicans, the dems just succeeded in whacking off low end workers. You might want to remind them of that just before the next election : it was DEMOCRATS who got you laid off.