Posted on 01/13/2025 6:33:23 PM PST by Salman
The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per hour.
In many states, the minimum wage is automatically adjusted upward as inflation rises. But voters in several states, including deeply red ones such as Alaska and Missouri, chose in November to significantly increase their minimum wages this year.
Michigan will see its minimum wage jump from $10.33 to $12.48 on Feb. 21 after the state Supreme Court concluded the legislature subverted residents when it adopted but then significantly amended voter-initiated ballot measures in 2018 to raise the minimum wage and mandate paid sick time.
Michigan’s wage floor is set to rise to $14.97 by 2028 — more than double the federal minimum wage, which has not increased since 2009. That’s the longest period without a federal increase since Congress first set a minimum wage in 1938.
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The fact that states seem open to doing this makes the case that a federal minimum wage is really not necessary. One piece of federal overreach that should be allowed to die on the vine.
Glories of minimum wage increases will cause people to spontaneously burst into happy song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJOjTNuuEVw
Part about layoffs and restaurant and store closings comes later.
also raises inflation.
The real minimum wage is $00.00.
Florida stands as a pivotal test case for whether raising the minimum wage will bolster or undermine its hospitality industry.
Thus fewer jobs.
I no longer go to any fast food restaurants.
Nor do I eat out at sit ins.
Too much money.
I’m not the only one doing this.
Entry level jobs are meant to be just that
entry level for kids.
It was never expected to raise a family on a McDonald’s
part time job paycheck.
Kids are expected to go to schools and/or serve apprenticeships.
Fat women baby factories, and their boyfriends isn’t our problem.
Florida is already expensive if you're planning on going there for a vacation.
There are cheaper alternatives.
Unlike fast food where you can order at a kiosk and someday they’ll get a steel device with arms to slap your order onto a moving belt so you can lean over and grab it, many aspects of hospitality require a human. So far.
States rights. We scream it but don’t live it.
They are always at capacity. I live 40 minutes from Disney and can’t believe the bank they bring in everyday.
I live in rural Hawaii, where would I want to go to vacation?
It’s already so expensive but people are still stupid enough to pay for it.
The modern purpose of minimum wage is to drive all small businesses out of business.
Correct. even the New York Slime agrees.
https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/14/opinion/the-right-minimum-wage-0.00.html
Oh God, now Big Macs will cost $5,999.00 each!!! /sarc
I need an EBT card to cover that. I’m a migrant please. No parler Anglais.
Yes, yet another post reaffirming that Free Republic is truly a working man's meeting place and wants to MAGA!!! /sarcasm
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