Minimum Wage Complaints
California's $20 minimum wage is set to take effect July 1. Already, some fast food restaurants have announced they're pre-emptively closing. This has led some rage trolls to say, "See? Minimum wage destroys jobs! Now people can't work at all! No one deserves $20 to flip burgers!"
Let's be clear, here. If the ONLY reason your business can stay afloat is that you pay your employees so little they can't live, YOU SHOULD NOT BE IN BUSINESS. It's NOT on the employees to handle YOUR business problems. Why? It's YOUR business. Your greed doesn't trump their needs.
And in this economy, there are PLENTY of places that somehow manage to meet the new minimum wage specs. How? They bite the bullet and make less money. Oh noes! This owner might have to give up the European vacation house! That owner might have to forego the new sports car this year! Oh, the hardship!
Of course, some businesses raise their prices and loudly complain about it. "We had to raise prices ten cents per item to pay this egregious minimum wage!" And the customers complaining above say, "Now we can't afford to eat out!" And the business says, "See? Now we'll have to go out of business!"
Honey, if the only way you can eat out is to go to a place that pays its employees dirt and treats them like trash, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO GO OUT TO EAT. Stay home and (gasp!) cook a meal. Believe me, in the time it takes you to run out and get fast food and drive home again (or--more complaining about prices--wait for a delivery driver to bring it to Your Majesty's throne), you could throw together a pot of spaghetti, and for half the price.
Don't blame the workers for demanding a living wage. Don't blame the government for acceding to this demand. Blame the corporations who have a "never enough" mentality. They're the ones at fault here.
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Let's be clear, here. If the ONLY reason your business can stay afloat is that you pay your employees so little they can't live, YOU SHOULD NOT BE IN BUSINESS. It's NOT on the employees to handle YOUR business problems. Why? It's YOUR business. Your greed doesn't trump their needs.
And in this economy, there are PLENTY of places that somehow manage to meet the new minimum wage specs. How? They bite the bullet and make less money. Oh noes! This owner might have to give up the European vacation house! That owner might have to forego the new sports car this year! Oh, the hardship!
Of course, some businesses raise their prices and loudly complain about it. "We had to raise prices ten cents per item to pay this egregious minimum wage!" And the customers complaining above say, "Now we can't afford to eat out!" And the business says, "See? Now we'll have to go out of business!"
Honey, if the only way you can eat out is to go to a place that pays its employees dirt and treats them like trash, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO GO OUT TO EAT. Stay home and (gasp!) cook a meal. Believe me, in the time it takes you to run out and get fast food and drive home again (or--more complaining about prices--wait for a delivery driver to bring it to Your Majesty's throne), you could throw together a pot of spaghetti, and for half the price.
Don't blame the workers for demanding a living wage. Don't blame the government for acceding to this demand. Blame the corporations who have a "never enough" mentality. They're the ones at fault here.

Published on June 29, 2024 07:20
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