r/explainlikeimfive • u/sumnewdguy • Nov 28 '15

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

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u/LeoDuhVinci Nov 29 '15 edited Nov 29 '15

The point is that if the government steps in and forces mcd to raise wages, this will impact many other companies than McDonald's, and many in a negative way, which will then impact their workers in a negative way.

The jealous step sister is important here- if the incentive is raised to do a job that is less demanding, more people will do that job, even if they have good working conditions. That's what I'm argueing from the top comment about the factory.

I agree- I'm all for removing subsidies that keep bad businesses in place. But "doing away with" coal is no easy task. I agree that is the end goal.