Breitbart:
The $15 minimum wage has forced some business owners in New York City to cut staff and raise their prices.
Susannah Koteen, the owner of Lido Restaurant in Harlem, said the minimum wage has directly impacted her business, and she worries that it could get worse as time goes by.
“What it really forces you to do is make sure that nobody works more than 40 hours,” Koteen told reporters. “You can only cut back so many people before the service starts to suffer.”
Thomas Grech, president of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, said he has seen an increase in small-business closures since the $15 minimum wage was implemented at the beginning of the year.
“They’re cutting their staff. They’re cutting their hours. They’re shutting down,” he commented. “It’s not just the rent.”
However, 2020 presidential hopeful and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg criticized Christian Republicans for opposing a guaranteed $15 minimum wage.
“The minimum wage is just too low, and so-called conservative Christian senators right now in the Senate are blocking a bill to raise the minimum wage, when Scripture says that whoever oppresses the poor taunts their maker,” he said during the Democrat debate on July 30.
People need at least a high school diploma to get by in the world today. I think students should be given a high school diploma when they start the first grade. It would be holding people back to do otherwise.
I’ll give deBlasio another 3 months and then I’ll double dog dare him to test his popularity with NYCers vs President Trump.
I no longer travel to the shithole known as New York City. I leave it to the democrats.
@RadioMattM, you missed your calling as a dem presidential candidate advisor. lol
Ideas like the one you gave would be just the ticket for one of those 3 doz candidates to break from the pack!
” ….. and so-called conservative Christian senators right now in the Senate are blocking a bill to raise the minimum wage, when Scripture says that whoever oppresses the poor taunts their maker,”.
Aren’t leftists great at taking scripture completely out of context and interpreting it to their own purposes, making it mean what they want it to mean instead of what it was intended to mean?
Wonder how they interpret (and use for their purposes) Mat 12:36 “But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.”
Or that “Judge not that ye be not judged” partial scripture they like use so often to judge and condemn others they want to put down.
…next up: Government starts dictating how many people you WILL hire and how many jobs you WILL offer, since you’re trying to have a successful business and make a profit instead of fulfilling the socialist dream at no benefit to yourself.
…of course, the other side of that is that they will start telling your EMPLOYEES what they’ll do, and when. THAT always gets results, too…/s
…it’s how Communism rolls, a little control, then more, then a lot, then the State IS the business, and it goes real, real well from there as any former East bloc country can tell you….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh75ylAUXY
I wonder if mayor Butt-obsessed has read the passages (and they number more than a few) regarding same sex buggery. So much for his love and adherence to the word of God.
Should all freshman Congressman be paid minimum wage?
Hey, Buttgiggle, wanna talk scripture? How bout reading that thingy in the bible that says you’re not supposed to take it up the *ss? Or how bout not sucking off your husband? Start there.
Why stop at $15/hour?
Why not $5000?
Money grows on trees.
Everything Democrats touch turns to shit (reverse Midas effect).
Everything the left touches turns to dross rather than gold. They abide by the dross rule rather than the golden rule.
Business for profit and reasonable pay for work are capitalist ideas. Supporting any so-called minimum wage is how you destroy the foundation of these capitalist ideas. That’s why you’ve got the communist left pushing it and the republicans in our uniparty let it roll right over them. Just like sanctuary cities, free speech zones, gun control, etc.
“… when Scripture says that whoever oppresses the poor taunts their maker,” he said during the Democrat debate on July 30.”
Except that God didn’t force them to be poor, asswipe.
RadioMattM
AUGUST 7, 2019 AT 2:09 PM
“…I think students should be given a high school diploma when they start the first grade.”
They have to START FIRST GRADE?!?
…racist…/s
It’s the bottom dollar where you start which is the amount you should be willing to start at.
You don’t have to stay there if you work hard and grow in your skills.or leave if they don’t value your new skills, then finding a job that will pay you for what you now can provide them. People have business to make money not give you a job, if they can’t make money no one has a job, get it?
Market driven value not government mandate driven.
…The REAL minimum wage is, was, and always WILL be $0, and there’s not a damn thing any politician can do about it…
Pretty soon they will outlaw firing people…like in Europe.
Anthony Advincula, spokesman for Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, which advocated for the $15 minimum wage, said there are other factors beyond higher wages that result in unsuccessful businesses, and owners shouldn’t blame the boost for their struggles.
“Increasing to $15 would reduce income inequality, and the number of individuals living in poverty now is ridiculously high,” he said. “This is not just a business issue, this is a race, gender, pay-equality issue.”
Its also not just the income side of the equation that puts people in poverty.
No more teen summer jobs.
On the other hand, perhaps there’ll be unintended consequences of teens being forced to become entraprenurial (and avoiding paying taxes on their cash businesses.) Coward-Piven backfiring?
How many days at $15/hr does it take to pay off the investment in robots?
Ol’ Bernie can’t even spell economics. Market forces will determine minimum wage, idiots in the gubmint should not.
Seems there’s a lot more emphasis on how much is made vs whether the job or the worker is worth $15.00 an hour.
And no consideration of extra effort figuring into it.
If all points aren’t considered, it’s a flawed idea.
Democrats are masters of flawed ideas.