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Proposition 32 seeks to raise California's minimum wage to $18, sparks debate
KRCR ^ | Thu, July 11th 2024 | Anna Montemor

Posted on 07/13/2024 10:17:40 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Fall is right around the corner and before we know it those ballots will be in our hands for the November elections and one proposition already has people talking.

Proposition 32 aims to raise California's minimum wage from the current $16 an hour up to $18 for most employees. According to the Office of Governor Newsom, healthcare workers could eventually see their minimum wage reach an hourly rate of $25. Although many see minimum wage increases as a positive, others are not in support of the proposition.

"Often times people think of a minimum wage increase as something that affects a larger business, a franchise, a larger corporation that’s employing hundreds of thousands of employees, but for the small business owner, these minimum wage increases would have a devastating effect. These small business owners in the community just can’t compete,” said National Federation Of Independent Business Director, John Kabateck.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california
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1 posted on 07/13/2024 10:17:40 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

why would anyone accept 16 or 18 when they can get 20 at mcdonalds?


2 posted on 07/13/2024 10:21:06 AM PDT by cableguymn
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To: MinorityRepublican

Drive all the small businesses out of business to the multinational corporations have no competition.


3 posted on 07/13/2024 10:22:07 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Raise it to $25, Americans leave, only illegals left, blockaid California and deport them all.


4 posted on 07/13/2024 10:22:16 AM PDT by Reno89519 (I'll go out on a limb: Trump & Gabbard 2024 or Trump & Sanders 2024)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Never underestimate the stupidity of an elected leftist


5 posted on 07/13/2024 10:22:42 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Just raise it to $481 an hour. Then they’ll all be millionaires and you can tax the hell out of them.


6 posted on 07/13/2024 10:26:20 AM PDT by GMMC0987
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To: MinorityRepublican

Heck, raise the minimum wage to one trillion dollars per second


7 posted on 07/13/2024 10:28:34 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Why not $100/hour?


8 posted on 07/13/2024 10:30:22 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald )
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To: MinorityRepublican

The true minimum wage is always zero.

Teenagers who can’t be profitably hired at the government’s minimum wage will either get the true minimum wage, or else perhaps pursue alternative careers in the illegal drug industry.

‘The nine most terrifying words in the English language are “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”’ Ronald Reagan


9 posted on 07/13/2024 10:32:12 AM PDT by devere
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That's the ticket!

This idiotic idea plus the fallout from A.B. 5 which wiped out a zillion independent contractor jobs will sure keep Californians from fleeing.

NOT.

10 posted on 07/13/2024 10:40:34 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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One thing about the communist democrats in the Kalifornia state house, they know how to kill jobs.


11 posted on 07/13/2024 10:43:29 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: devere
Teenagers who can’t be profitably hired at the government’s minimum wage will either get the true minimum wage.

They're not worth $20. But you're hire them at $7.25. They just need the money to pay for gas and for their smartphone.

At McDonald's you won't end up getting stuck at $7.25, you can climb the ladder if you decide to stay with them.

12 posted on 07/13/2024 10:44:25 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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"Often times people think of a minimum wage increase as something that affects a larger business, a franchise, a larger corporation that’s employing hundreds of thousands of employees, but for the small business owner, these minimum wage increases would have a devastating effect. These small business owners in the community just can’t compete,” said National Federation Of Independent Business Director, John Kabateck.

Why do they always act like that is not intentional?

13 posted on 07/13/2024 10:49:46 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: MinorityRepublican

more inflation on the way!


14 posted on 07/13/2024 10:52:59 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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After California raised the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour:
Papa Murphy’s family size Hawaiian pizza in Elk Grove, CA $23.
Same pizza in Reno, NV $16.


15 posted on 07/13/2024 11:03:44 AM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I support this. Let California destroy itself.


16 posted on 07/13/2024 11:04:50 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Imagine the wage competition if there was no minimum wage. Don’t pay enough, don’t get workers. Pay too much, people will line up for blocks to get your jobs.

Free markets are much more efficient and “fair” than govt run markets.


17 posted on 07/13/2024 11:06:39 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: Reno89519; All

Ten years ago, Rush asked why not raise it to $50? Why not,$100?


18 posted on 07/13/2024 11:10:15 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: cableguymn

Why would any business pay 16 or 18 or 20, when they can leave the state for a saner locale. Won’t get much for their real estate, but the equipment can be loaded on a truck.


19 posted on 07/13/2024 11:30:43 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Clhild in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Eleutheria5

true that.


20 posted on 07/13/2024 11:36:53 AM PDT by cableguymn
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