Raising the minimum wage is not the only cost. All jobs are comparative in some way. Some require more skill, some harder work, some more danger, some in higher cost of living areas. Raise the minimum and all else will raise. Think of what would happen in sports. Raise the wage for the lower skilled and the upper skilled will get more
That impact will spark creative ways to reduce costs. Automation, outsourcing. reduced benefits, elimination of jobs. What could we see? More automatic checkouts, more foreign accents on help lines, elimination of manned gatehouses, postal service every three days, less groomed areas in The Villages, No more flowers in rotaries. More ALDIs and less Deli and bakery personnel. Automated lawn mowing (My neighbor has auto lawn mower now)
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