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Good for Seattle.
They are far more sane than those in Congress trying to turn the United States into a third world nation making sure the mega millionaires become billionaires, while those at the bottom test new lows.
The GOP won't even allow a VOTE on raising the pitiful minimum wage.
Poor mom and pops...it's getting harder and harder for them to find wetbacks that they can pay HALF the minimum wage to while paying none of their social security and Medicare. Poor dears.
They should relocate back to Tijuana, Odessa, Calcutta, Seoul, Beijing, Baghdad and San Juan where they can make it big time.
How sad it will be to see them all board the next tramp steamer home.
beijing? you know beijing real estate is more expensive than nyc right?
How many minimum wage jobs can't be either automated out of existence, if their enough incentive, or just would not be worth having performed?
I thumbnailed the numbers on how much a fast food joint could probably save yearly in labor expense, if the minimum wage went up to $15, and they cut back their average shift from 10 people to 3 (automating the rest.) It came to something like $600,000. That's a lot of cash flow to fund automation.
How many minimum wage jobs can't be either automated out of existence, if their enough incentive, or just would not be worth having performed?
I thumbnailed the numbers on how much a fast food joint could probably save yearly in labor expense, if the minimum wage went up to $15, and they cut back their average shift from 10 people to 3 (automating the rest.) It came to something like $600,000. That's a lot of cash flow to fund automation.
Haven't you been to stores like CVS where many cashiers are placed by checkout machines? We're already in that direction without a minimum wage increase.
You still need people to stock supplies, to clean the floors, to come by and fix machines, etc. But it does certainly change the nature of the job, and of the remaining positions.
I think fast food places would still need more than 3 people per shift. Someone has to cook the food and someone would need to bring it to the customer. They could get rid of most of the cashiers, but someone a few of them would be needed to maintain the order machines.
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