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> farms and restaurants will collapse. because they have based their business on illegal practices.

• anpk 11y ago
  I agree its based on illegal practices. But quite a few of the businesses (not all obviously) do it for survival because that is the only way for them to stay in business.
  • x0x0 11y ago
    No, not in the slightest. Take strawberries: an additional 5 cents per pint would increase picker wages by 50% [1]. Businesses minimize worker pay both because they can, and because there is a collective action problem that needs to be solved by the government. Wages for fast-food employees are similar. viz the raise in minimum wages in Seattle which, contra all predictions from conservatives, has not driven restaurants out of business. See eg study suggesting a minimum wage of $15 for fast food workers would increase customer prices by 4.3% [2]. [1] http://www.ufw.org/_board.php?mode=view&b_code=res_white&b_no=80 http://www.ufw.org/_board.php?mode=view&b_code=res_white&b_n... [2] https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2015/Q3/study-raising-wages-to-15-an-hour-for-limited-service-restaurant-employees-would-raise-prices-4.3-percent.html https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2015/Q3/study-raisi...
  • UK-AL 11y ago
    Then they should go out of business?
  • toomuchtodo 11y ago
    Your business is not a business if it's survival depends on treating workers as slave labor.