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Originally Posted by village dreamer
yes it would be nice if everyone could make $15 per hour , but. will you pay $3 for a donut,$20 for pizza. i dont know where this is going to go. can a small shop pay $15?? you all know who pays the $15.... we will. how about all the grass cutters , gate keepers,all the golf course people. all our fees will go up.
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My two cents worth.
Far as minimum wage, we look for simple answers to a very complex issue. Choosing say 15.00 an hour. The dollar is not a fixed quantity as is say an inch. Roughly said it takes $6.00 to buy what a dollar did in ???? 1970. People working for 15.00 an hour would likely get food stamps etc. Thus they have more to spend than the $15 they earn. The past amendment is a raise over time.
Is our government predicting, installing, causing further inflation in the future? Fair-fair is in the eye of the beholder. Reality is that if labor costs go up businesses will explore if the job needs to be done and or if a machine can do it. Opportunity? We all walk past it everyday. Success, is not only seeing it but acting on what you see. We all have shoulda, coulda, mighta.