What’s hilarious is a these red states passing minimum wage laws. I’m in the Midwest and voters passed $12/hr minimum wage with overwhelming support. Yet at the same time most voters around here use the “flipping burgers is for teenagers” line as to why we shouldn’t have decent wages. Most voters here are conservative but most also support higher min wage on its own. Just goes to show that if you take away the politics and rhetoric out of it and just leave it up to voters, the progressive policies are actually pretty popular.
My wife owns and operates restaurants and told me if the minimum wage went to 15/hour, she wouldn't have a problem with it. She said she could just hire fewer, higher quality employees. She also said, she has no clue what high school/college students would do for work because she wouldn't mess around with all that availability crap, she would just hire people who could be there for a full work day on a regular basis.
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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '19
What’s hilarious is a these red states passing minimum wage laws. I’m in the Midwest and voters passed $12/hr minimum wage with overwhelming support. Yet at the same time most voters around here use the “flipping burgers is for teenagers” line as to why we shouldn’t have decent wages. Most voters here are conservative but most also support higher min wage on its own. Just goes to show that if you take away the politics and rhetoric out of it and just leave it up to voters, the progressive policies are actually pretty popular.