Few will suffer for the benefit of many. 
I'm proud of my city for taking this first step forward.
I'm proud of my city for taking this first step forward.
$15 Minimum Wage is KILLING Seattle.
- Thread starter Doobie Doo
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its only a matter of time that most of these min wage jobs will be automated and people will cry, like the breh who posted that mcdonalds kiosk etc. those will come in more, and there will also be just ordering off a app with a cc and you just walk in pick up your order etc
its only a matter of time that most of these min wage jobs will be automated and people will cry, like the breh who posted that mcdonalds kiosk etc. those will come in more, and there will also be just ordering off a app with a cc and you just walk in pick up your order etc
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
exactly.
So its the workers' fault that they deserve a liveable wage and that a liveable hurts the profits of some greedy fukking capitalists? Ridiculous logic. Sounds like a problem with a faulty system and not the people in the system, don't you think? 
Doobie Doo
Veteran
So its the workers' fault that they deserve a livable wage and that a livable hurts the profits of some greedy fukking capitalists? Ridiculous logic. Sounds like a problem with a faulty system and not the people in the system, don't you think?
Again, WTF is livable? Do you think a motherfukker who didn't go to school or learn trade or even graduate high school Deserves the same amount of opportunity as the people who did? Not saying education is the end all be all but if you aint got a diploma and/or you ain't out here trying to start your own opportunities then think working the register at McD's entitles to live the same life as someone else who did the fukk em.
We were supposed to be booming service economy by now
with 3/4 of the population working in STEM professions although K-12 was never set up to meet that demand, who needs good paying manufacturing jobs or trade track to be put back the HS. It is true that there's a lot of service level healthcare jobs as people get older but aside from that it's retail jobs people are competing for. It's just sad
Lakers Offseason
Superstar
So small business owners whose family depend on this income would rather close a still profitable shop just to be petty? That goes against logic of why they started the business in the first place = to make a living.
What are the business owners gonna do next? Open up another shop? They still gotta hire workers right?
Are they gonna join the corporate workforce?
Start playing the stock market as their main income?
While I think there may be a very small minority, if there are any at all, who are petty like this, majority of these small business owners just want to make a living. The logic that they're just closing shop to be petty really just speaks more about the people who think that way
We were supposed to be booming service economy by now
US really doesnt have any industry outside of Healthcare and Tech. If we had a diverse job industry people wouldnt have to rely on a job at taco bell to raise their family.
KingTut
Green diamonds like a dill pickle
Today I learned everyone is born on a level playing field with offers of free education in order to not work at McDonalds.
Lol bruh no one is in here saying people at McD's should be getting 50k a year or some bullshyt. The wages juts need to keep up with the cost of living which they haven't for over a decade. Hell a couple extra dollars an hour would give some of those people the opportunity to save up for Uni or attend a community college/trade school. $8 an hour ain't shyt for someone who lives by their self with no kids and minimal bills, imagine throwing just ONE kid in the mix. There needs to be legitimate options for people who were born into or somehow found themselves into shytty situations. $10/hr would change some people's lives but nah, why should the 6-7 figure earning franchise owners have to pay the people who keep his shytty restaurant afloat anything more than 7.50 right? fukk those peasants right?
RatherUnique
All Star
Can't afford to pay your employees a barely survivable wage then you SHOULD CLOSE.
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Superstar
Today I learned everyone is born on a level playing field with offers of free education in order to not work at McDonalds.
Lol bruh no one is in here saying people at McD's should be getting 50k a year or some bullshyt. The wages juts need to keep up with the cost of living which they haven't for over a decade. Hell a couple extra dollars an hour would give some of those people the opportunity to save up for Uni or attend a community college/trade school. $8 an hour ain't shyt for someone who lives by their self with no kids and minimal bills, imagine throwing just ONE kid in the mix. There needs to be legitimate options for people who were born into or somehow found themselves into shytty situations. $10/hr would change some people's lives but nah, why should the 6-7 figure earning franchise owners have to pay the people who keep his shytty restaurant afloat anything more than 7.50 right? fukk those peasants right?
I agree with your post, but going after small business owners, which this law will do, isn't addressing the problem. These small business owners aren't becoming multi-millionaires running these shops. What industry is making a killing in our economy and how is that affecting the cost of living. I'm not an economist, but I can see that raising minimum wage is not the answer.
