re: California’s $20 fast food minimum wage balloons menu prices

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If society agrees that a full time worker deserves some sort of bare minimum standard of living, then society should collectively pay for that via welfare, EITC, universal basic income, etc.

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Or, now bear with me, if we don't all agree, how about voluntarily paying via increased fast food (or whatever low-skill industry) prices?

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Why do you think employers should be mandated to pay more than the what the employee produces?

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I do not think that employers should be mandated to pay more than the value provided. I think that if a business cannot survive while paying a human being enough to survive, that if the market does not place a high enough value on the tasks performed, then it's not a viable business model. Not all of them are.