Who wouldn’t want a $4 cup of coffee with a $10 wage surcharge?
If the workers can only make 2.5 cups of coffee per hour, the business is doomed anyway.
I used to be opposed to raises in the minimum wage. The argument that supply and demand should set the wage makes perfect sense economically, socially and morally. But the problem is that the business community isn’t satisfied with that. They believe they should pay far less than any employee will work for, and when no employee will take the job, they should be able to import foreign workers, and leave the public to pay for food, housing, shelter and medical care.
There is a minimum wage in America, and it’s a lot more than $15 an hour. The only thing is that its paid for by taxpayers, not employers. It’s about damned time employers pay for their own workers.