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Posted on 06/17/2017 10:21:01 AM PDT by HarleyLady27
In a pair of affluent coastal California counties, the canary in the mineshaft has gotten splayed, spatchcocked and plated over a bed of unintended consequences, garnished with sprigs of locally sourced economic distortion and non-GMO, “What the heck were they thinking?”
The result of one early experiment in a citywide $15 minimum wage is an ominous sign for the state’s poorer inland counties as the statewide wage floor creeps toward the mark.
Consider San Francisco, an early adopter of the $15 wage. It’s now experiencing a restaurant die-off, minting jobless hash-slingers, cashiers, busboys, scullery engineers and line cooks as they get pink-slipped in increasing numbers. And the wage there hasn’t yet hit $15.
As the East Bay Times reported in January, at least 60 restaurants around the Bay Area had closed since September alone.
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The new Stalinists( Brown and czars) demand total control despite the consequences
FDR prolonged the depression cause he instituted wage controls for unions, etc. Minimum wage rules don’t work, and only liberals are too stupid to learn from the past. That’s insane, viz. demanding the same course of action all the while expecting a different result.
LOL...that's one of the finest opening paragraphs I've read in YEARS! They splayed and spatchcocked the canary in the coal mine. Hilarious. "Garnished with sprigs of unintended consequences." Brilliant.
I always thought the minimum wage a person could earn was 0.
Bon appetit!
“Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it...”
It’s the liberal way not to be concerned about the actual results of their feel-good legislation. Optics is all that matters.
Back in 1993, Hillary (then First Lady) was told that her health care proposal would drive many small businesses bankrupt. Hillary’s response? “I can’t be responsible for every undercapitalized entrepreneur in America.”
Hillarycare=Romneycare=Obamacare= this crap almost ruined out Country, thank goodness for President Trump...
Liars.
NOT unintended consequences:
20% of the workers lose their jobs and blame politicians, 80% get raises and thank the politicians.
A 4 to 1 advantage for the politicians... politicians aren’t stupid. As long as the media lies for them they’re gold.
What the left really wants is to help their union buddies whose contracts are based upon some multiple of the minimum wage. If the side affect is businesses shutting down, so what. They will tell their statist brethren to allow unionization of their workforce if they wish to stay in business. Socialism/communism/totalitarianism is on the way for the great state of California.
The workers should be paying the company for the air conditioning they get to enjoy while working.
Minimum wage is 0 if you ain’t working.
Is this the liberals way to keep people sucking off the government’s tit??? I would say so...
Oh, good, say progressives. More people dependent on the government. We control more lives. Yea, us!
I read an article last week that said that Disneyland had raised it’s prices so high that the average family can’t afford going there anymore...
Walt is turning over in his grave...
Fast food will survive by automating-- kiosks, robot burger flippers, etc.
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