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That automation costs money (read: labor) to develop. It also costs money (read: labor) to maintain. Either hire unskilled people at the higher minimum wage or
by padobson 13y ago
That automation costs money (read: labor) to develop. It also costs money (read: labor) to maintain. Either hire unskilled people at the higher minimum wage or hire skilled people to install and service your automated stuff. Either way, you're hiring people.
On another note, if we're going to be a progressive society, we need to start being more progressive with the way regulate businesses with things like the minimum wage. Making McDonald's (1.8mm employees, $27.5 billion revenue) pay the same minimum wage as Fred's Burger cart (3 employees, $73k revenue) is ridiculous. Small businesses should be able to pay a lower minimum wage than bigger businesses, if we're going to be a progressive society.
If we're not going to be a progressive society, then there's no reason to talk minimum wage in the first place.
- buckbova 13y agoMany McDonalds locations are franchises, so they are actually individual businesses. They aren't paid by McDonalds but by the franchisee.
- padobson 13y agoI don't think this changes the point. A single McDonald's franchise would pay its employees a different minimum wage than McDonald's Corporate, and Fred's burger cart would still be paying a different minimum wage to his two employees than both. If you find there's some legal manipulation that could go on so larger companies could avoid paying the higher minimum wage, well, then that's no different than every other progressive law on the books.