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Old 06-30-2015, 08:22 PM
 
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The more I study California state laws the more awe I have. Laws from rules for privacy of job applicants. Marijuana laws like proposition 215 and AB266. 2016 state voter referendum for legislation of marijuana. Equal opportunity and hate crime laws for LGBT. City laws like a living wage of $15 an hour in Los Angeles and San Francisco. I could go on and on. What laws do you like?
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Old 06-30-2015, 08:40 PM
 
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The more I study California state laws the more awe I have. Laws from rules for privacy of job applicants. Marijuana laws like proposition 215 and AB266. 2016 state voter referendum for legislation of marijuana. Equal opportunity and hate crime laws for LGBT. City laws like a living wage of $15 an hour in Los Angeles and San Francisco. I could go on and on. What laws do you like?
I hope you're not being serious with this one
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Old 06-30-2015, 08:41 PM
 
Location: Westminster/Huntington Beach, CA
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Care to elaborate?
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Old 06-30-2015, 08:45 PM
 
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Care to elaborate?
Elaborate on what increasing the minimum wage in a state does to the overall prices of goods in general? Elaborate on the general economics of inflation?

I think it's a topic that's been beaten to death over the course of time. Let's just say I'm not a fan.
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Old 06-30-2015, 08:48 PM
 
Location: Near L.A.
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$15/hour is a bad idea in L.A. and S.F. Talk about crippling small businesses in the name of "helpin' the little man."
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Old 06-30-2015, 08:52 PM
 
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$15/hour is a bad idea in L.A. and S.F. Talk about crippling small businesses in the name of "helpin' the little man."
We will see by the end of next year - it will be interesting to see the effect this has on small businesses and pricing in general.

Personally, I think it's a knee jerk reaction by the mayor and will not help the very people it is designed to, but economics are complex and don't always work as predicted.
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Old 06-30-2015, 10:26 PM
 
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City laws like a living wage of $15 an hour in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
I agree, except it really should be a national or state minimum wage of $15/hr. There's an easy way to tell if wages are too low: when full time employees qualify for EBT cards, housing vouchers or other government assistance, wages are too low. It doesn't make sense for a business to pay $10/hr and then the taxpayer has to kick in another $5/hr just so the wage earner can have basic food and shelter. SNAP/EBT costs the U.S. $75 bil per year. If the minimum wage was raised high enough so workers don't qualify, the taxpayer would save billions.
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Old 07-01-2015, 12:10 AM
 
Location: Carmichael, CA
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I agree, except it really should be a national or state minimum wage of $15/hr. There's an easy way to tell if wages are too low: when full time employees qualify for EBT cards, housing vouchers or other government assistance, wages are too low. It doesn't make sense for a business to pay $10/hr and then the taxpayer has to kick in another $5/hr just so the wage earner can have basic food and shelter. SNAP/EBT costs the U.S. $75 bil per year. If the minimum wage was raised high enough so workers don't qualify, the taxpayer would save billions.
Wouldn't the small business employer have to actually make enough profit to pay the higher wages, or is this the magical money that just appears when needed?
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Old 07-01-2015, 08:39 AM
 
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I agree, except it really should be a national or state minimum wage of $15/hr. There's an easy way to tell if wages are too low: when full time employees qualify for EBT cards, housing vouchers or other government assistance, wages are too low. It doesn't make sense for a business to pay $10/hr and then the taxpayer has to kick in another $5/hr just so the wage earner can have basic food and shelter. SNAP/EBT costs the U.S. $75 bil per year. If the minimum wage was raised high enough so workers don't qualify, the taxpayer would save billions.
That was the endgame all along--to encourage people not to work and be welfare dependent. And if the minimum wage is raised, without any moves to bring the costs of other factors or inputs down, the prices of everything go up, and surprise, surprise, surprise! Before long $15 / hour is the new "chump change".
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Old 07-01-2015, 08:51 AM
 
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I hope you're not being serious with this one
Compared to Texas you could be a popcorn Fart and look good. For example the supreme court just ruled in favor of gay marriage at a federal level. Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has decided that Texas government employees like court clerks can deny marriage licences based on religious objections. If your a government employee you don't get to interpret law you follow the law or you find another job.
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