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    That the state of California would announce a massive, game-changing new labor mandate and pass it in less than a week tells you exactly how much legislators and proponents absolutely do not want a discussion of the consequences. That's precisely what has happened. Both houses of California's legislature approved Thursday a deal to increase the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next six years everywhere in the state. The only concession for small employers is that there will be an extra year for them to comply.

    The entire deal was announced and passed in less than a week while economists were still analyzing the potential consequences. Legislative analysts released the report detailing the consequences of the minimum wage increase on the state's budget just a day before the legislature voted on it....

    http://reason.com/blog/2016/04/0…

    Ugh california... at least thinking positively I guess this means we can stop tipping people to carry a plate or take an order.

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    • so, you're whining that by 2022 the wage will increase for the lowest paid workers in one of the most expensive states? pleasemonospaced
    • where exactly do you think the money will come from to pay for such increases mono? and do u think $15 in redding is the same as $15 in SF?deathboy
    • why is it you think this is a good thing?deathboy
    • and please explain mono why $15 is right and not $25 by 2022? Jeez that incentize outsourcing labor now would it?deathboy
    • *See my post above or below.drake-von-drake
    • On the other side, high cost CA has a $10 nominal minimum wage, but that only has the purchasing power of $9. A higher nominal minimum wagedrake-von-drake
    • does not have the same effect on employment because employers already offer higher wages to account for cost of living.drake-von-drake
    • please explain why the minimum wage should stay low while cost of living increases and prices go up?monospaced
    • why would minimum wage not move while CEOs salaries climb exponentially?monospaced
    • Wages are influenced by a lot of things and cost of living is one of them. If employers did not offer wages sufficient to cover higher livings costsdrake-von-drake
    • then their employers wouldn't stick around.drake-von-drake
    • Doubling the federal minimum wage to $15 will be more of a burden on employers in low cost states versus high cost states.drake-von-drake
    • Fuck, as far as CEOs go, that's another game. It's a matter of high level execs playing in their own arena and a matter of competitive rates per corporationdrake-von-drake
    • IOW, corporations make so much and they want the most qualified person and the market bears those insane salaries. Is it fair, no, but it is what it isdrake-von-drake
    • Sorry...

      then their employ(ees) wouldn't stick around.
      drake-von-drake      drake-von-drake
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