{"id":65785,"date":"2016-05-15T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=65785"},"modified":"2016-05-15T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T14:27:00","slug":"gee-what-a-surprise-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=65785","title":{"rendered":"Gee. What A Surprise."},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m sure everyone is aware of the economically inane push by our \u201cgood friends\u201d on the \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Socialist<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cProgressive\u201d left to mandate a minimum wage that is higher than reality will support.\u00a0 Something to do with “fairness” or “it should be a living wage” – or some other such similar bullsh!t.<\/p>\n

I guess they must have slept through Econ 101\u2019s classes about supply and demand.\u00a0 Or maybe they simply think that they can create new economic reality by legal fiat.<\/p>\n

Well, pretty much anyone with a clue predicted that the effort would be counterproductive – e.g., that it would either lead to layoffs from lost business (due to higher prices) or would lead to job loss through employers replacing human employees with machines.\u00a0 The left either ignored the warning, or claimed it was bogus.<\/p>\n

Well, libidiots<\/em> – read \u2018em and weep:<\/p>\n

Wendy’s response to minimum wage hike:
\nReplace staff with machines<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wendy\u2019s isn\u2019t the only one.\u00a0 Carl\u2019s Jr. and Hardee’s are also considering doing likewise.\u00a0 I’m guessing a bunch of others are too, but simply haven’t made that fact publicly known yet.<\/p>\n

Let me ‘splain it to ya, lefties:\u00a0 some jobs simply aren\u2019t worth $10+ an hour<\/span>.\u00a0 Flipping burgers and mopping floors are such jobs.<\/p>\n

Minimum wage jobs are not and never were designed<\/em> to support a family.\u00a0 They’re low wage positions that by design (1) require few skills, (2) can be done by most anyone who isn’t physically disabled or a moron, and (3) are intended to be part-time or entry-level positions.\u00a0 Anyone who expects to support a family by working such a job, without some second source of income (either in cash or in kind – like SNAP or public housing assistance), is seriously<\/span> deluded.<\/p>\n

The moral?\u00a0 Be careful what you ask for, libidiots<\/em>.\u00a0 The law of unintended consequences always<\/em> applies.<\/p>\n

And in this case, the unintended consequences were both predictable and obvious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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