As inflation goes up the minimum wage will need to go up.
But as LaBella pointed out, there's always a catch.
When bottled water companies started to "Go Green!" and use bottles made with less plastic, did prices go down and stay down? (I'm guessing they didn't.)
When food companies decided to "
Go Healthy!" and offer less food "for your sake", did
prices go down and stay down?
Doubling the minimum wage sounds good to a lot of people but why do you think all companies will
1) have the extra money for such a sudden increase?
2) Not have the money for the sudden increase, but will hire lots more new employees with a smile and expect everything to work out?
3) Have the money for the sudden increase but NOT cry poor, lay off tons of folks, and pass on any remaining cost to customers?
I ask these questions as someone with sympathies to the economic left.
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As an aside, how long do you think it will be until we see the left half of Twitter and Facebook agitating for IWWs "4 Hour Work Day, Four Day Week"? And how long until we see 35 Democratic Presidential Candidates raise their hands in favor of it? Just asking.
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