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Old 11-04-2020, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by oldtimes View Post
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Too often people only see the side that sounds nice and do not understand that there is also a downside. This will be great for minimum wage earners but there will be a price to pay for small business and there will be job losses as well. Also as Kenswing mentioned some minimum wage earners will lose their federal assistance. Also people who now make 15.00 per hour will demand an increase and rightfully so. It’s never that simple.
The community will have fewer food and retail options as businesses either shut down or move out. I wish we could at least decide this minimum wage thing based on county rather than enforce this across the entire state.