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Posted on 08/09/2014 4:37:13 AM PDT by markomalley
The Oasis Cafe in Stillwater this week found itself at the center of the fiery national debate over the minimum wage.
The restaurant's owner, Craig Beemer, began adding a 35-cent charge to every bill starting Aug. 1. Labeled a "minimum wage fee" on each customer ticket, it was intended to offset the added cost of Minnesota's new $8 per hour minimum wage, which took effect that same day, Beemer said.
In the week since, outraged phone calls and Facebook posts have accused Beemer of political grandstanding and trying to deny his employees a living wage. The furor has drawn national media attention. The "Today Show" and MSNBC's "Morning Joe" both picked up the story.
"It's been pretty shocking how this thing has blown up," Beemer said.
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All restaurants effected by these laws,will pass along the cost to the consumers. Instead of adding it to the bill (which I like because it shows what the government is doing) they will simply raise prices on various items a few cents here and there to make up the difference. YOU pay regardless. No business can allow its profit margin to be used to pay for a Government program (minimum wage) and stay in business.
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Great idea-why would anyone be upset about actually seeing what laws are costing? The extra expense of govn mandated minimum wage has to come from somewhere and that is out of the consumer’s pocket. A business can’t print money out of thin air like the government does. A business has to balance its budget or close the doors as do we in our personal financial lives. All receipts should be required to be clearly labeled as to cost of goods plus govn mandated costs.
The company I worked for would send out an annual benefit statement which included gross cost of your employment to the company and broke down where that money went.
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It seems they have removed the poll.
Interesting, after reloading the page it appeared.
I just voted on the center right
Instituting a ‘minimum wage fee’ is ...
Total Votes = 319
Tacky, just like Gov. Dayton said.
35.73 %
Ahead of its time. More businesses will jump on this bandwagon.
58.93 %
Too expensive. How about a dime?
1.567 %
I haven’t decided yet.
3.761 %
The cafe owner is doing nothing more, or less, than letting their customers understand that THEY, the customers WILL wind up paying for any “minimum wage”, in the prices.
Customers supporting the government mandated minimum wage have no right to be complaining about that revelation and THEY should be happy to pay it. Customers who do not support the government mandated minimum wage should be grateful the cafe owner is helping to better inform their friends.
At one time, the big oil companies in Illinois started posting a list of all the taxes and fees added per gallon as part of the total price at the pump ... then the state made it illegal to do that.
Are you sure? I’d love to have a link to that.
i want to think it was back in the 70's. my bro worked for big oil and told me about it. i do remember seeing it posted on the pumps for a while, and then it disappeared. i'll try to see what i can dig up.
Tacky, just like Gov. Dayton said. 35.75 %
Ahead of its time. More businesses will jump on this bandwagon. 59.01 %
Too expensive. How about a dime? 1.453 %
I haven't decided yet. 3.779 %
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