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$20 an hour min. wage for flipping burgers increase causes stores to close across the nation as nobody wants to inflate the dollar and raise prices. Sorry but it's stupid lol.(msn.com)

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alladd 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun 1 month ago

Uh huh, price increases and yet also the largest profit margins in record history. You're right, accidentally: why should I believe a bunch of companies? Of course they don't want to pay anyone more; who ever has in history?

I don't know what the fuck you're talking about re: means of production but I do think fast food workers should make enough money that, as demonstrated by our current lack of employees, justifies even working there and giving up that time in the first place.

ID10T 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun 1 month ago

Employees generally get paid what they're worth on the market. The most basic entry level jobs are not for grown adults to earn a living. They are for teenagers to make some spending money and learn how to function in a workplace.

There are no record profit margins in the restaurant industry. A restaurant is one of the lowest profit margin businesses there are. Most restaurants fail in the first couple years because it's very difficult to make a profit.