[Meatspace]

I see signs at McDonald’s offering $15.00 an hour, and Costco is paying $16.00 to start. Lots of mom & pop stores and restaurants offering $15.00 to 17.00 an hour to start.

Those wages are the market reality and to compete for workers, small businesses will have to offer the same pay scale.

[Bulwyf]

Lots of talk on the left about liveable wages.

They talk about things like trades etc making what they make, what’s wrong with paying retail workers or fast food workers something closer, then everyone would make better money.

I would never attempt to explain economics to people like that, it would be a wasted effort.

[Truth29]

And the price of food and service will contine to spiral upward. Those on fixed incomes and fixed interest investments are going to be hurt. The old joke about $100 cheeseburgers are on the way.

[central_va]

Those wages are the market reality and to compete for workers, small businesses will have to offer the same pay scale.

Wait, what??!!! So small businesses CAN pay $15.00/hr. I was told they can't and hamburgers would cost $25.00 each if the they did. Again many Fearpers are wrong.