Here are some other thoughts on minimum wage…
\nI’ve noticed the last few times that I’ve gone to What-a-burger that the price of all their burgers and meals has gone up.
\nYou can’t even by their basic burger meal for less than the minimum hourly wage.
\nI would guess that a large percentage of the folks working there make minimum wage – I haven’t verified that, I’m just guessing.
\nSo if they have 20 workers making $5.15 and hour and suddenly have to jump to $7.25 per hour, what does that do to the cost of my burger?
\nI can tell you one thing, unless I’m getting a similar substantial raise, it will be a lot easier for me to curb my appetite for a double meat cheese burger with jalapeanos.
\nAm I right with my math in thinking that’s a 40 percent raise? I was never good at math, but that’s what I’m coming up with. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
\nI’d love a 40 percent raise myself, but I don’t exactly see that happening. And even with six years of college* under my belt its really gonna hurt me if prices on everything jump higher to pay for the raise increase.
\nWhat do you think?<\/p>\n
*Full disclosure: I went to school six years, but still only got a Bachelor’s degree. Unlike my sisters Amy, who did it in four and Kara, who will have her Bachelor’s and Masters in five. Nerds. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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