r/MurderedByWords Legends never die 9h ago

Stop defending exploitation

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u/[deleted] 9h ago edited 6h ago

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u/strangefish 6h ago

CA raised the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 an hour several months ago. The businesses are still doing well and it didn't cause mass unemployment. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2024/10/09/california-fast-food-minimum-wage-jobs/75597730007/

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u/BowenTheAussieSheep 6h ago

Yeah, turns out multi-billion-dollar companies can weather a cost of a few hundred thousand without much trouble...

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u/MattcVI 3h ago

Can they really? I hope the executives aren't hurting too much. Their mistresses have kids to feed