Liberals subscribe to magical thinking, believing that free college tuition and free health care to illegals will somehow end up a net win for the public. But reality often intrudes on this magical thinking like a big pimple on the end of your nose, and it is painful and unsightly. In this case, the laws of economics are intruding into the magical thinking of liberal politicians in San Francisco (as if there were any other kind there), and it is a growing problem.
San Francisco has declared that the minimum wage in the city, now being replicated in several other fact-challenged cities, will rise to $15 by 2018, and polls there predict happy, better-paid workers who will finally have a “living wage.” They have also insisted that this will not increase inflation and that it will be a boon to the minimum wage worker. That is a lie. And the impact is just now showing up as the first mandated rise from $10.74 to $12.25 is being implemented by certain retailers.
See who is raising prices in San Francisco, page 2:
There you go using logic instead of talking points that have no basis in fact. Good stuff!
The last thing waiters, waitresses, and bartenders want is a higher ‘wage’; they make a lot more in tip income and it will be like Europe where tipping is rare or non-existent.
Yup.
Jon Arnold , when wage levels increase, and all hourly rates would go up, not just the minimum, materials used will increase as well, because labor is involved in some way to bring each material to market. If you had any business experience beyond being a ‘wage earner’ it would be simple math to you.
as jobs become fewer wont crime increase ? insanity
liberals think the laws of economics don’t apply to them.
Matters little, Chipotle has been sliding into the dumpster since they started poisoning their customers. I never ate their due to there anti rights stance on firearms. Asides the places always seemed overflowing with snotty liberals and employees that could have used more soap and less time at the piercing gallery…
Steve Lovett, you can also add pure corruption from seven decades of democrat/progressives that taxed companies out of Detroit….
We let all our factories strike their way to Mexico. We let our govt buy everything from China. Now we complain that we have to find a way to live on mcnastys wages. We got just what we demanded.
SMH. You want better pay? Develop marketable skills. This leaves the people who made their logical adult life choices to enter sustainable careers and join the middle class once again paying the way for every slacker or bad decision maker that wants rewards without the effort. This is no different than taxing the middle class so more people can get on welfare and government housing.