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This is an extremely small price to pay for someone being able to live.
I'll happily spend an extra nickel for a shake if it means someone can house and clothe themselves, or a quarter for a burger for the same.
I make decent money (not extravagant, but I'm not exactly struggling at minimum wage), and this is a pittance for what they are getting out of it.
But conservatives, or more accurately, aggressively capitalist people, only see that their prices are going up. They're looking at "how does this affect me " with no consideration of helping their fellow citizen. It only affects them by costing them more for a burger.
Pathetic. Devoid of any empathy.
In-N-Out raised their prices post-pandemic without workers getting an increase in pay. The cause and effect here is not credible.
Of course not. Prices will rise whenever the capitalist assholes at the top think the market will bear it.
And the market will bear it when idiots believe it's the minimum wage to blame and not the greedy executives. If they thought they were being ripped off they would quit spending money at the price gougers establishments. I've noticed prices go up the most at places that traditionally serve right wing customers. For example, a local hardware store in my area really raised prices and had sales they called "inflation busters". The whole thing is a joke.
There might be a bit more to it (e.g. location or something) but as written it sounds like you are implying hardware stores (or their customers) skew right.
I see how it looks that way. I was referring to a specific hardware store chain that is local in my area. Some of the employees wear "stand for the flag" shirts with the company logo. While the flag itself isn't partisan the need to display it on a shirt certainly is.
My favorite is when they're like "I'm an EMT and I only make $18 an hour! It's not fair they get more!" Like yes, YOU ARE BEING UNDERPAID. Demand more for your work (collectively), don't bring others down for the sake of your overlords.
Yep. Just because you're underpaid, doesn't mean others shouldn't get paid more because it's more than what you make. You are underpaid, you should earn more. They are also underpaid, they should also make more.
But people get all hung up on someone at a "lesser" job making more than they do.... So go out and get yours. What's the problem?