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Originally Posted by Pugchief
Minimum wage laws are always counter-productive to the people those laws are purportedly aiming to help. If $20 is "good", why isn't $25 better? Or $30?Employers aren't going to pay someone $20/hour to do something that is valued at $13. They will find a way to automate, consolidate, or eliminate. Otherwise, they go out of business. If McD raises its prices enough to cover the additional labor costs, less people will eat there. It's a death spiral.
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Originally Posted by CarlR33
I don’t agree. People ordering this stuff with DoorDash adding more cost to it already anyhow. You seen the line at Starbucks for the costly coffee?
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You are paying extra for a service not otherwise included in the cost of the meal. Personally, I never use Door Dash, Uber Eats, etc. If I want to eat out, I do it for the experience, atmosphere and socialization with another couple or just my significant other. Plus those services take a huge cut from the restaurants.
There is no explanation for the whole Starbucks thing. Not only is it overpriced, it's not even good. But apparently some people would rather buy a $7 cup of coffee every day than put money away for a rainy day. My receptionist of 25 years is one of those people. She lives paycheck to paycheck and at 50 doesn't have enough savings to pay for a car repair, and has next to nothing in her 401k. But she never misses a morning at Starbucks.