The Results of California’s New $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage Are Already In
Thousands of jobs have already been eliminated by California’s law to raise the minimum wage to $20 for restaurant workers, which goes into effect April 1. For eight years, Michael Ojeda delivered food for a Pizza Hut in Ontario, California, using the income he received to support his family. In December, the 29-year-old received a letter from […]
In-N-Out hikes prices thanks to California’s new $20 minimum wage
In-N-Out is raising its notoriously low prices to keep up with California’s new $20 minimum wage for fast-food restaurants. In Los Angeles County, the low-cost burger chain’s double-double burger combo is selling for $11.44, up $0.76 from last year. KTLA reported. At the tourist-popular Fisherman’s Wharf location in San Francisco, a double-double burger comes with […]
Minimum Wages Had a Eugenic Intent
All this talk of a $15 national minimum wage prompted me to revisit the standard textbook on economics of the US Progressive Era. Principles of Economics, by Frank W. Taussig (1917) is a pretty interesting book overall and it does hold up in general as an elucidation of then-existing knowledge and pedagogy. There is one section, however, where […]
What Makes Biden and Yellen’s “Global Minimum Tax” Push So Hypocritical
Joe and Janet the robber barons Imagine if oil companies got together and agreed to charge consumers no less than $3.50 per gallon for gas. Let’s call it a “global minimum price.” How long—in minutes—do you think it would take for the news media to cry foul and for the Justice Department to file an […]
10,000 California Fast Food Jobs Cut Due to $20 Minimum Wage
Fast food restaurants in California have reportedly cut about 10,000 jobs after the state’s minimum wage increased to $20. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) law to pay workers $20 an hour goes into effect on April 1 and is clearly dealing a devastating blow to the industry, Fox Business reported. report Wednesday. The media continues: The […]
California fast food restaurants have cut 10,000 jobs since passing $20 minimum wage: business agency
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s successful move to raise the minimum wage for many of the state’s fast-food workers is having a devastating effect on businesses that are being forced to cut labor costs to survive, critics say. Chipotle, McDonald’s and other major fast-food chains have been raising prices to catch up with the $20 an […]
California seeks to delay $25 health-care minimum wage to ward off budget crisis
(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking to delay a healthcare worker minimum wage increase that will cost the state $4 billion this year alone as the state faces a budget crisis. Among Newsom’s proposals to cut the deficit from $73 billion to $7 billion are tying the state’s healthcare minimum wage increases, which would hike the […]
Gavin Newsom Backs Off Stupid $25 Minimum Wage Healthcare Law
Gov. Gavin Newson (D-Calif.) withdrew a bill that would have required a $25 minimum wage for health care workers. As The Wall Street Journal The editorial points out that Governor Newsom is doing this because the state is feeling the burden of this stupid law. California is already hurting private business with its stupid $20 […]
Alito Is ‘Unfit to Serve,’ At a Minimum He Must Recuse from All Trump Cases
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said on MSNBC’s “All In” on Wednesday that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is “unfit for office” and should recuse himself from a case involving former President Donald Trump while discussing reports about the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which has an upside-down American flag flying at his residence. Anchor Chris Hayes […]
Arizona’s Minimum Wage Could Be $18 Per Hour Soon
Arizona’s minimum wage was $13.85 in 2023, up from $12.80 per hour in 2022. On January 1, 2024, minimum wage in State 48 will be raised another 50 cents to $14.35 per hour. This increase will happen despite the fact that Arizona’s inflation rate in 2023 was lower than the national average. That’s because Arizona is […]