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Originally Posted by goofyballer
What does that have to do with McDonald's rolling this out nationwide? Remind me, what's the federal minimum wage? Weird how conservative states like Alaska and Arizona have pretty high min wages, isn't it? So liberal of them!
One party is for collective bargaining and the other is for the free market and ruthlessly replacing jobs with machines the moment it becomes financially expedient. Even I didn't pick wil as being dumb enough to blame this on the former group, but here we are.
It amazes me how people like you can't see outside of your spoon-fed ideas. Look at the big picture. Why are fast food companies moving to kiosks? Are costs a factor? Of course.
How about more important questions like what is the purpose of entry level positions? Why are people demanding higher pay in an entry level position? You're not supposed to stay in an entry level position, that's why they are called "entry level". These positions are 100% turnover rate. They are stepping stone jobs and they should lead to other jobs. Where are those other jobs and who are these people stuck in these non skilled jobs? Why do they DESERVE 15 dollars an hour? Who else deserves what?
Finally, what will be the end effect? I'll tell ya what - companies eliminating those jobs or them hiring better people. That means the lower qualified get pushed out. It's just common sense.
One of the reasons the min wage laws exist was to keep white workers on top. Many employers 100 years ago would hire blacks for cheaper pay. Those workers could then make some money and hopefully learn some skills and move on, it wasn't from benevolence.
Min wage laws will help the people who have those jobs, but there will be less of those jobs to go around.
It's complete idiocy and it takes away the one thing that unskilled labor has - the ability to work for cheap. Why do you think illegals find work so easily? Because everyone loves people who can't speak the language?!