Why not keep Congress out of it in the first place.The point is, it belongs to capitalism. Why not ask Congress to micromanage the tax code to give business a break.Here are some of the problems:Well, of course, when people can get away with paying the lowest wages, they'll attract the customers with the lowest prices. However if EVERYONE has to pay a living wage, then everyone has to charge higher prices and people have to pay a fair price for things.
That only works if customers have no alternatives.
Like I said...fast food places are already struggling at their current price point.
McDonald's Struggles to Repeat Success of All-Day Breakfast Launch
That’s been problematic across the restaurant industry, as economic uncertainty and falling grocery prices have hurt the sector.
It is external to that sector.
Exactly my point. A restaurant is competing against the cost of cooking at home. A homeowner may not bother to learn how to repair a broken pipe over the cost of a one time plumbing repair...or learn to cut in and lay carpet...or reshingle a roof...but ya got to eat everyday.
Fast food workers make a low wage for a reason...almost anyone can do it. I got an after school job at Hardees when I was 13 years old...I made $3.25 an hour and was pleased as punch to have it.
It's an entry level position.
You know why so many people end up making it a career?
Loss of manufacturng jobs...a position the employers can afford to train a person a skill, then pay good skilled employees a living wage to keep them.
The same jobs Trump is working to restore while the Democrats and Liberals actively sabatoge him. It was government trade deals like Clinton's NAFTA and Obama's TPP that got us into this position. We can still fix it...but we have to do it now.