Do You Support a $20 USD Per Hour Minimum Wage For Fast Food Workers Like California Has Implemented?

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Rosexøxø · Accepted Answer

Where do we all sign? 🪧 🖊️

I like it. Either raise the salary wages or lower the cost of living. Got to have a middle ground and it has to be fair for all.

I HATED and LOVED but mostly hated learning economics. Well- a part of it. The part where we gave a definition called SCARCITY and decided to just work with this and coexist with this PROBLEM.

Supply and demand? Heck NO

We should’ve worked with natural resources and fair distribution. It’s literally so simple.

HOW WILL THIS 20 USD and hour for these workers affect the markets and such? Don’t look at me. I have not a clue. I just think it’s a good risk if it wasn’t the “smart economic move.”

Anything that’s going to help others not live from pay check to pay check and if spending is somehow some issue then, teach kids in school how to budget and grad them 🤷‍♀️

if it’s saving then stop forcing people to live and endure harsh economic conditions and situations, so that after they receive a little they get SOMETIMES money tight and hold on to their money instead of participating like in stocks or whatever.

Its gotta be fair and this seems like a step towards fairness to me.

If they do the 8 hours and they show up while the inflations goes up, their wages should consequently follow in the same footsteps. Why would they be an exception? Why would they have to keep it below cost of living and all?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

no. it is a proven fact that it raises prices for customers and creates unemployment and layoffs. and that is exactly what is happen right now. almost immediately too.

patois · Accepted Answer

Nope. I don't support the concept of minimum wage at all. Companies can choose to pay their workers $20 an hour if they want. That said Florida is currently up to a minimum wage of $12 an hour and it's already cheaper to eat lunch at decent restaurants than at fast food chains. I haven't purchased fast food in probably 10 years due to their sky rocketing prices, but last I head a basic meal at fast food chain restaurants was running roughly $12-15 where I live in comparison a much better meal at a family owned restaurant generally is running $8-10 at the moment for a lunch special. It use to be that you could get fast food meals for like $5-7 which made them a cheaper alternative and you'd compromise on quality when you wanted to save a couple bucks. Now they want you to spend more money for lower quality food. Fast food is already not competitive. If they were to move their minimum wage to $20 an hour they would be even less competitive. It would seem that the general plan is to eliminate fast food jobs by making labor too expensive, thus allowing for the replacement of humans with robot workers. I don't see how demanding higher prices for inferior food and inferior service is a winning business plan. Eventually the majority of people will catch on and go elsewhere.

KrisKris81 · Accepted Answer

This article:

https://www. investopedia. com/articles/investing/080515/minimum-wages-can-raise-unemployment. asp#:~:text=However%2C%20according%20to%20leading%20economists, low%2Dwage%20employees%20previously%20performed.

"... according to leading economists—including famed billionaire investor Warren Buffett—minimum wages can actually raise unemployment by giving employers less incentive to hire and more incentive to automate and outsource tasks that low-wage employees previously performed.

Higher mandated minimum wages also force businesses to raise prices to maintain desired profit margins. Higher prices can lead to less business, which means less revenue and, therefore, less money to hire and pay employees."

OlderAndWiser · Answer

I support that law for California because it will lead to the employed part of the population moving elsewhere, diluting California's political power.

Mybeachlife8888 · Answer

Absolutely. The people saying no are fools who probably believe in trickle down economics and brainwashed. I for one don’t want to work at a fast food place. I don’t care how “EASY” or “Entry level” of a job it is. The economy as a whole is better off when we have less of a wage gap. Putting all the money at the top of the economy is breaking the way things are supposed to be. 20 an hour is not a lot of money when you consider the costs of everything today. This is where people are going to argue that the inflation was caused by increasing minimum wage. This is a lie. It’s an absolute lie. Don’t be a moron. We have the elites at the top trying to squeeze and control us. When political parties try to fix our economy by taxing the rich more, or increasing minimum wage…. These powerful elites constrict like pythons and do everything in their power to make it seem like it was a mistake. They then blame it on the changes that were made. Trust me, increasing the minimum wage is something these fast food chains can afford. And if we all have to pay a little tiny bit extra for a convenient bad for your health meal just so our economy is a little more balanced…. So be it. People who dedicate 40 hours a week should be paid fairly for their time, Period.

lightbulb27 · Answer

Wow... that's terrible and fantastic.

It goes to show how much and how fast we are trashing our currency. Time to change our government and tighten the budget, or else... and that or else... I'm not quite sure how it goes... history of debt crisis are not painfree.

Fantastic for the workers that get to keep their jobs. There were times I worked for myself and didn't make minimum wage, so good for them they can get a guaranteed wage. You will pay for it and if you support this, then don't complain and don't change your behavior, else they likely lose their jobs.

I'm not relevant to support it, who cares.

Look at that price of gold go up... dollar being turned into trash. The voices of those talking "budget" control long ago were not listened to. Trump and right was right to limit expenditures during covid, the left spent too much. Now we have wars and more wars... what's next... natural disasters? You betcha!

It's not even a topic of debate in current government... finances... unbelievable! That is the question that should reallly be asked... financially... what are we doing and how does this play out? Maybe it's intentional and hope the govt has a "good plan" for the end game.

You will be asking next year what we think of $30/hour min wage...

Anonymous · Answer

Unfortunately that lead to a lot of people being left without jobs since many restaurants had to close because of that. Only the bigger chains that make enough to pay all their workers are able to stay working. What’s sad is that it’s not only sad for the workers that are being let go, but also the owners who are being left without an income.
If Biden would just stop supporting wars a ding them billions and billions, then our taxes wouldn’t be so darn high and we wouldn’t need for these changes to occur when nobody can afford anything unless you have a super well paying job, and even then many are still struggling.

Biden is the worst.
Especially after sending more billions to Israel the very same day that Israel bombed medical personnel and people going to take food to survivors.
All while emptying our pockets and he fills his. Just gross.
I was never into politics but seeing all this crumble is down, I will never understand the ignorance of those who support democrats.

Anonymous · Answer

$20/hr. started out at $15/hr., which they said would "fix everything." Before that it was $7.55.

$20/hr. means the assistant manager has to make $25/hr., and the manager has to make $30/hr., and so on, all the way up through all the middle management and vice-presidents of the company.

A cheeseburger goes from $1 to $3.50. A gallon of milk goes from $1.49 to $5.90. and on and on, until the $20/hr. person is complaining again that they now need $25/hr. and $30/hr. to be able to afford to live, which raises the price of the cheeseburger and the milk and everything else, and the $30/hr. person is complaining again.

In the meantime, employers are getting rid of employees with more and more robots and AI, giving more and more $20/hr. people no income, instead of an income that matches their skills.

You only need a minimum wage if you have not bothered to get education, experience and skills. If you have those, you can ask for any salary anyone is willing to pay for abilities, or start your own business and make as much money as you want.

blueonblack22 · Answer

This will only drive up unemployment because businesses will not be able to afford to pay workers. It will force businesses of use more automation to save money. It also only pushes up inflation higher because businesses will be forced to increase their prices so they are at least profitable.

Most of these jobs are not meant to be permanent anyway. If you are able bodied body person and have no legitimate disabilities (mental or physical) and are still working the same low paying job for 20 years that is a YOU problem.

ZackBan · Answer

Common California L
But who's surprised at this point.

I don't have the energy to write out the entire economics 101 course here but basically:

This move is asking middle class restaurant owners to pay their lower class workers more money.
Making the middle class poorer and the lower class slightly richer but still poor.
This means less purchasing power which leads to less purchasing altogether.
Lowering the demand with the same supply means the cost of things will go up making it MORE expensive for more people to buy it which will make it go up again.

So Ultimately: giving workers 20$/hour makes them poorer not richer and it hurts everyone else.

WindAtMyBack · Answer

People who support these high minimum wages are usually from high cost of living locations. Apparently they think the minimum wage where an apartment is $500 a month should be the same as where it's $2000 a month.

If you raise wages so people can afford to pay more rent, what is going to happen? Rent will go up. The only way an area can have high rent is if people are willing and able to pay it. It's the same as buying a house, where house prices reflect what people are willing and able to afford.

Fireguy17 · Answer

no, it's not a $20/hr job.
So then what happens to the people that were getting 20/hr that have skills, now their pay has to go up to 25/hr.
And the person that was getting 25/hr that have even more job skills than the person that is now getting paid the same as they are, so now their pay has to increase and right on down the line.
The end result is that everything costs more because of all of the increased labor costs, so then the fast-food worker that is now making 20/hr still can't get ahead because the cost of living has risen so much, and in some cases, they are even further behind than they were before.
That does not count the layoffs, businesses closing, increased automation to help lower the cost of doing business.
Very few people will tolerate paying 20 bucks for a big mac meal.
So then what happens to all of those 20/hr jobs?

genericname85 · Answer

minimum wages are complete economical bullshit. the problem is that minimum workers often do not have the capacity to understand but while the ammount of money they have in their acount, minimum wages still fuck them over cause it creates inflation that causes them to be able to buy less after all.

inflation disproportionally effects the poor and minimum wages are a terrible tool to fool low income strata into giving you the vote cause they think you're helping them while you're actively making things worse for them.

Jersey2 · Answer

I am a conservative but yes, I support it. 10 years ago I would have said no but it has been ridiculous as far as inflation forced in us by the Fed and Biden.

Just note that many low wage people will lose their jobs and when they want products or services that those will be more expensive as well. Small businesses will pay the price as well and Mom and Pop stores and restaurants will go out of business.

Much of this stems from the massive fraud and bungled PPP payments and Covid payments They spent $2 Trillion and printed the money electronically by adding some digits in a computer. They added 40% more money to the economy by just “printing” it. That means a 40% increase in many things including Social Security payments and higher costs for the country to borrow money as we take on unprecedented amounts of debt. Voting democrat will hurt the poor every time. Vote for jobs instead which means Republican.

coachTanthony · Answer

If people are struggling then pack your shit and leave. I want great weather all year round as well but I am not going to go there and then complain. You can't live on 20 an hour in California anyway so who cares. If the place has 45 workers it will now have 20 or the burger will be 10 bucks.

Flatmanlewis · Answer

I do believe the minimum wage should I be increased but a fast food job was never intended to be a career, at the entry level. Locally, the day after the minimum wage increased the prices on EVERYTHING adjusted from milk, to gas, to the actual menu board prices at our local burger spot.

They increase the minimum wage.
They also increase the price on their product to cover that increase in operating costs. The very same employee who benefits also pays more.

molonski2 · Answer

Its obvious YES.. And hopefully a living wage , or at least half reasonable , you can rid yourselves of the ludicrous tipping system in the USA , where you get this bs in one place and not another..

A little common sense hopefully at last..

msc545 · Answer

It is expensive to live in California. National fast food corporations make a ton of money here and up until now shared comparatively little of it with their workers - not really enough to furnish them with a place to live, food to eat, and clothing. NOW they have to pay more, and that is a good thing.

I don't give a damn if their profits decrease, or if they go out of business. They were exploiting people. If prices go up, then they do. I have no sympathy for predatory capitalism.

ManOnFire · Answer

I honestly am not sure what I think about this. I always support the people in customer service, especially food workers. But there are others like cashiers and custodians who need better pay as well. Are we going to give then $20 an hour too? They have to deal with hard, messy, or unpleasant things on their jobs too.

monorprise · Answer

This is one way California deals with illegal aliens, price them and similarly low skilled Americans out of the job and area.

You have to wonder how many of the people already inclination break the law are inclined to also work for less simply to get a job.

Siri137 · Answer

Only in California? What about the other states? And what took you people so long to implement something that most of the rest of the world has had for ages now?

To those who are opposed to the idea of a minimum wage, I would ask them if they could live on just $20 an hour or less, or if they'd accept a job that pays so little.

bobby_bush_eater · Answer

It's literally just farming voters from the uneducated (economically) who are generally the poor and they make up the majority of people in most societies.

They will fire people they will increase costs not just immediately but slowly and consistently until $20 is the new $15. It's all so predictable

purplepoppy · Answer

I don't know how that compares with other more skilled jobs so it's hard to give an answer. But I do believe people should be paid a fair wage for the hours they work that actually allows they to pay their way in life.

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