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Measure to hike California's minimum wage to $15 qualifies for ballot
Reuters ^ | March 22, 2016 | Curtis Skinner

Posted on 03/23/2016 3:05:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A proposal to raise California's minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year 2021 has qualified to be listed on the upcoming November ballot in the state, officials said on Tuesday.

The development comes as a wave of minimum wage increases at the state level sweeps the United States as the federal minimum wage has gone more than six years without an increase from $7.25 an hour.

The California Secretary of State's office said supporters of the measure, pushed by Labor group coalition Lift Up California, had gathered more than the 400,000 signatures needed to have the Fair Wage Act of 2016 placed on the ballot....

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2016election; california; economy; election2016; minimumwage; newyork; trump; unions
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Then why not make it $50 an hour?
1 posted on 03/23/2016 3:05:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If it’s voted down, some Marxist federal judge will deem that “unconstitutional” and mandate it.


2 posted on 03/23/2016 3:07:02 PM PDT by fwdude
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businesses are already cutting back on staff and paid hours in those towns which have ordered wages hiked up

so this will just multiply the damage
and result in even more layoffs

and the ‘hidden’ damage is very serious too....
jobs that are Never even created or Offered... help wanted Ads that never appear....


3 posted on 03/23/2016 3:07:31 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
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4 posted on 03/23/2016 3:07:46 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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Measure to hike California's minimum wage to $15 expand California's robot workforce qualifies for ballot
5 posted on 03/23/2016 3:08:20 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Finally someone is going to drive a dagger through the heart of the Tarnished State and put it out of it’s misery.


6 posted on 03/23/2016 3:08:59 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Carl’s Jr. already relocated it’s headquarters out of state. I see them trying that fully automated thing in California in the near future if this passes. Then I see most others following suit.


7 posted on 03/23/2016 3:09:35 PM PDT by Durbin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m buying stock in fast food automation companies.


8 posted on 03/23/2016 3:10:13 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

By then $15 will be worth 5 cents.


9 posted on 03/23/2016 3:10:46 PM PDT by deadrock (I is someone else.)
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To: gorush

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10 posted on 03/23/2016 3:11:11 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Will this minimum wage be inflation adjusted? Because, that will be a slippery slope.


11 posted on 03/23/2016 3:11:14 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (The would-be Empress has no clothes. My eyes!)
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To: Eddie01

Robot hamburger factory makes 360 Gourmet Burgers every hour...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3100817/posts


12 posted on 03/23/2016 3:11:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: Durbin

Drive up Starbucks soon a vending machine.


13 posted on 03/23/2016 3:11:32 PM PDT by stocksthatgoup (GOPe/MSM - "When we want your opinion, we will give it to you.")
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To: Durbin

They also vowed a few years back to NEVER Build in California Again.


14 posted on 03/23/2016 3:12:01 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: faithhopecharity
this is democracy....no protection for the individual....

of course democracy ultimately fail once people know they can vote themselves the goodies...

its going to get bad for anyone who actually has worked for something...

15 posted on 03/23/2016 3:12:09 PM PDT by cherry
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To: eyeamok

So the guy was warning the customers that the carpet had been removed for cleaning? :{)


16 posted on 03/23/2016 3:13:05 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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It can’t get any worse! Worst dried out, tasteless burger we’ve ever had. Even the milkshakes are a big nothing.


17 posted on 03/23/2016 3:13:14 PM PDT by bonfire
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“Drive up Starbucks soon a vending machine.”

With automated stuck up little barista prompts that correct your order in StarBucks speak.


18 posted on 03/23/2016 3:13:33 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Every other state just contributed to the campaign.


19 posted on 03/23/2016 3:13:34 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: gorush

Yep, he was very intuitive./s


20 posted on 03/23/2016 3:14:40 PM PDT by eyeamok
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