In states where $15.00 an hour for waitstaff is mandatory; restaurants have closed and gone out of business. A major chain in California just announced bankruptcy.
Are House Democrats really that mean and stupid? Are they really trying to force the restaurant industry into a financial crisis?
And raising the minimum wage causes a concomitant increase in the wages of those further up the chain. The $15 becomes the floor forcing employers to raise the wages of other than entry level. If they don’t you have wage compression.
Yes, they are that mean and stupid.
They are not trying to destroy the restaurant industry as such, they simply don’t care if they do.
They consider those jobs to be necessary collateral damage.
It would be interesting to know what percentage of laid off food service employees understand that A) the higher minimum wage is responsible, and B) that this destructive wage is entirely the actions of Democrats.
I will wager (no pun intended) that the majority believe the Pubbies are responsible along with cheap, selfish customers.