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Watch the happy meals jump to $8.75.

That's good. They need to pay them people.

I'm all in favor of a bare minimum hourly wage. But it should be a livable wage. However, I don't think you can apply the same wage all over.
By that I mean, a national $20 or $25 an hour wage. My view is that it should depend on the state or county.

$20 an hour works in LA maybe, but in small town Mississippi it would kill the local economy because the cost of living for both are vastly different.

It is why I think a national minimum wage won't help. I think there should be some sort of formula for each county based in part for the cost of a 1 bedroom apartment for a family of 3 or 4 maybe. Or whatever metric. It could be $14 an hour in a town of 2000 people in Mississippi or $20 an hour in Orlando but that may not be enough for very high standard of living cities like San Francisco or NYC and so it could be $30 an hour there.

I was making $ 20.00 well 18.75 an hour working UPS Xmus rush plus overtime in 1986 $850 after tax every Thursday I was always broke then they took a 5-dollar cut and went from 100% major Medical and dental to a 60-40 insurance plan. Reggonomics is one of the main reasons with the NAFTA mess is why your not making top dollar today you see they play the people every 30 years bringing in the new school graduates plus immigrants that will work for lower pay.

It’s giving a stimulus to their hispanic buffer class.

Instantly prices on everything else will jump as well. They are being priced into oblivion.

Nesut said:

It’s giving a stimulus to their hispanic buffer class.

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Most def

Unknownsoldier said:

I was making $ 20.00 well 18.75 an hour working UPS Xmus rush plus overtime in 1986 $850 after tax every Thursday I was always broke then they took a 5-dollar cut and went from 100% major Medical and dental to a 60-40 insurance plan. Reggonomics is one of the main reasons with the NAFTA mess is why your not making top dollar today you see they play the people every 30 years bringing in the new school graduates plus immigrants that will work for lower pay.

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Dang. Some of these folks in Mississippi would love to make $20 an hour and instantly increase their life style and complain about they don't have enough money.

RCNAL said:

I'm all in favor of a bare minimum hourly wage. But it should be a livable wage. However, I don't think you can apply the same wage all over.
By that I mean, a national $20 or $25 an hour wage. My view is that it should depend on the state or county.

$20 an hour works in LA maybe, but in small town Mississippi it would kill the local economy because the cost of living for both are vastly different.

It is why I think a national minimum wage won't help. I think there should be some sort of formula for each county based in part for the cost of a 1 bedroom apartment for a family of 3 or 4 maybe. Or whatever metric. It could be $14 an hour in a town of 2000 people in Mississippi or $20 an hour in Orlando but that may not be enough for very high standard of living cities like San Francisco or NYC and so it could be $30 an hour there.

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You are absolutely right. $20 an hour minimum wage would mean that jobs here in Mississippi that already pay that much would have to raise their wages as well.

RCNAL said:

I'm all in favor of a bare minimum hourly wage. But it should be a livable wage. However, I don't think you can apply the same wage all over.
By that I mean, a national $20 or $25 an hour wage. My view is that it should depend on the state or county.

$20 an hour works in LA maybe, but in small town Mississippi it would kill the local economy because the cost of living for both are vastly different.

It is why I think a national minimum wage won't help. I think there should be some sort of formula for each county based in part for the cost of a 1 bedroom apartment for a family of 3 or 4 maybe. Or whatever metric. It could be $14 an hour in a town of 2000 people in Mississippi or $20 an hour in Orlando but that may not be enough for very high standard of living cities like San Francisco or NYC and so it could be $30 an hour there.

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One more thing...why is it you and I see this but our "wonderful" leaders cannot see this. They are about destroying the American people.

The Haze Of Our Lives said:

Watch the happy meals jump to $8.75.

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Yep. Maybe 10.00 in the richer areas.

Supabrett said:

That's good. They need to pay them people.

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Yes they do.

Rollie Forbes said:

New California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour, among nation's highest

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour. The raise takes effect April 1, 2024.

apnews.com

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I love how they have that clause that says "at least 60 locations nationwide."

Rollie Forbes said:

California fast food workers to get $20 minimum wage under new deal between labor and the industry

Most fast food workers in California would get a $20 minimum wage next year — a nearly $5 per hour raise — under a deal announced Monday between labor unions and the industry that will avoid a costly referendum on the November 2024 ballot.

www.kcra.com

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I like how they went from $15 to $20 instead of going to $17.50.

Rollie Forbes said:

That clause is there to protect the small mom & pop restaurants that cant afford to pay what the bigger chains should be able to afford.
On the flip side, if every potential employee is chasing $20/hr at McDonald's or Wendy's, then the neighborhood burger spot might have a hard time finding workers.

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I know. That's what I was thinking. Bingo.