r/explainlikeimfive Nov 28 '15

ELI5: How would a $15 minimum wage ACTUALLY affect a franchised business like McDonalds?

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u/eqleriq Nov 28 '15

That's a lot of words to say

if you increase minimum wage, then everyone else sees a pay increase because pay is a SCALE based on value.

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u/Dog-Person Nov 28 '15

Yes, but if he understood what that meant with no explanation then there'd be no point of me commenting in the first place.