[george76]

We agree.

Government madated expenses do not work well.

The restaurants can not raise the menu prices forever. Many of us will eat at home, etc.

Then the restaurants have the unfortunate decision : do we close the doors and lay everyone off ?

[A CA Guy]

I also noted a recent slight recession starting in two businesses that are a good indication of what will happen down the road to the general economy.

#1 Delivery businesses
#2 Limo services

When you see a slow down in the two businesses above, months later the rest of the economy follows from my life experiences.
Limos are what people and businesses do with EXTRA money and Delivery services are used when a company are too busy to do some things themselves. When it slows down, companies choose to do more themselves.

So my point is this minimum wage increase is coming as the economy is hitting a tough patch, which could result in an economic disaster IMO.