DGS49
Diamond Member
State legislators everywhere, but especially in California, demonstrate over and over again that they have no concept of what it's like to either (a) have a Real Job, or (b) run a business.
The minimum wage itself - regardless of where it is set - is an economic abomination, as even Leftist luminaries like Dr. Paul Krugman have written (before he was compromised). Wages must be set according to market conditions in order to benefit consumers, workers, and the businesses that hire them.
Any time the price of ANYTHING is set too high (by the Sovereign) for market conditions, the same three things occur: (1) the consumers of that commodity use less of it, (2) the consumers of that commodity seek alternate ways of meeting the demand, and (3) a "black market" will be formed to provide the needed service or product at a market price.
In this case, the cost of food delivery to customers is being set far above its economic value. The consumers of those transport services (i.e., pizza shops) will use fewer (or no) delivery people, they will seek alternate ways of delivering the food (DoorDash?), and a black market of under-the-table delivery drivers will come into existence. They will be paid in cash with no record of it.
How this works, exactly, with delivery drivers now is off my radar screen. Would the $$20/hr INCLUDE the tips - which often cannot be verified by the employer - with a supplement by the employer, or would they be exclusive of tips, making it a pretty good-paying gig.
Regardless, people will demand that SOMEBODY deliver their pizza, and they are willing to pay for that delivery, one way or another. However, paying the carriers $20.00/hr plus even the most basic benefits results in delivery costs that make Pizza non feasible.
The minimum wage itself - regardless of where it is set - is an economic abomination, as even Leftist luminaries like Dr. Paul Krugman have written (before he was compromised). Wages must be set according to market conditions in order to benefit consumers, workers, and the businesses that hire them.
Any time the price of ANYTHING is set too high (by the Sovereign) for market conditions, the same three things occur: (1) the consumers of that commodity use less of it, (2) the consumers of that commodity seek alternate ways of meeting the demand, and (3) a "black market" will be formed to provide the needed service or product at a market price.
In this case, the cost of food delivery to customers is being set far above its economic value. The consumers of those transport services (i.e., pizza shops) will use fewer (or no) delivery people, they will seek alternate ways of delivering the food (DoorDash?), and a black market of under-the-table delivery drivers will come into existence. They will be paid in cash with no record of it.
How this works, exactly, with delivery drivers now is off my radar screen. Would the $$20/hr INCLUDE the tips - which often cannot be verified by the employer - with a supplement by the employer, or would they be exclusive of tips, making it a pretty good-paying gig.
Regardless, people will demand that SOMEBODY deliver their pizza, and they are willing to pay for that delivery, one way or another. However, paying the carriers $20.00/hr plus even the most basic benefits results in delivery costs that make Pizza non feasible.
