Same as now, illegals will take them......

this is an excellent point......the rich 1% are so blinded by their own greed they don't realize they are so far ahead of the game, that even if they circulate only 50% of their wealth back into the economy....that money will soon be returning to their golden coffers.
they are choking the golden goose to death....

instead of deporting the illegals, why not focus on the companies who HIRE them ???
instead of a slap on the wrist, hand out some jail time to those who hire them...

Because they were able to manipulate the system. They absolutely should be out of business, just like any business that has a bad business model. "Too big to fail" is a bunch of BS. Why do airlines, big banks, and General Motors get bailed out, but not Billy Bob's Bait Shack, or Joe's Garage, or Betty's Beauty Shop? The answer is because the little guys can't afford to buy influence. And it's the same little guys who get hurt by increasing minimum wage. If you raise the cost of doing business, they need to cut costs somewhere. So now that guy in the bait shop who was making $10/hour is making $0/hour because Billy Bob can't afford to keep him on at $15/hour and cover other expenses. Fast food employees are hired by local franchise owners who need to make similar small business decisions, and not some big corporations who sells the franchise licensing.

It will cost the taxpayers more because at $15 minimum wage the corporations will require more corporate welfare to cover the cost while the mom and pop small business goes under from not qualifying for, or having, the same benefit of, or access to, those govt bailouts

Are people really that uninformed how things work in Corporate America?

They let us cut our own throats and when we complain they can say we did it to ourselves

great, maybe we could kill two birds with one stone

americans have more money to spend and if epoch profit going to ceos is left untouched so that the prices go up to compensate the difference

americans lose more weight deciding to just spend there increase at the grocery store

,, BENEFIT THREE

actually cooking and eating together with the family

,,,,,this idea is growing on me more each moment

And all are logically unsound and are NEVER the case. Like smokers, they'll cut out something else they need to buy their Mickey D's and biotch about it even tho they brought it on themselves!

and eating nutritious food too!

then 'they' deserve what they get,,

few would buy fast food at an unreasonable price, its not the workers who shouldn't be so highly valued, its the food

Tell that to Starbucks

I'll gladly donate 15 bucks an hour to corporate america,
if I can throw rocks at the idiot fast food workers who think their stank is worth 15 an hour.

starbucks isnt fast food, its coffee, different type of product

That would depend on what your values are.

I only survive on a fixed income.... but I also adapt very well and manage to enjoy myself and live comfortably most of the time.

I dont agree with 15 only because it is relatively high compared to other positions. But I do agree min wage should be higher than it is.


many people disparage jobs that take 'no skill' yet, few would want to do them,,,its not for nothing to be someone who can serve others for the privilege of assisting their own desire to be lazy

whether it is something that required special training or not has nothing to do with whether they deserve a more respectable wage than they get,,,

Same correlation! Just coffee that can be prepared at home yet over priced..... and people still buy it rather than making it themselves

"It will cost the taxpayers more..."
Which is exactly my (main point), on the (illegal) immigration issues. We as Legal American Taxpayers can not afford it.
The average American tends to view it as the Government is footing the bill. And we are 'being mean to people' & ' most of us descended from immigrants'..... blah blah blah...

But what did our ancestors do? They came here legally, worked, learned the language, adapted, became American taxpayers & kept the money here. Which went back into the system & productivity.

thats true

difference is people buy starbucks for the STATUS of the name,, mcdonalds only status is that its cheap

once its no longer cheap,, no longer a reason to patronize the business

It will actually cost the taxpayers MUCH more because evn giving the workers $15 an hour it is now only part time work, usually less than 30 hours a week, which means they are still applying for food stamps and other benefits as well as, and no small thanks to, Oblowmecare!

Haven't eaten at Mickey D's for a while have you? Nothing cheap about their slop!

A couple burgers, fries and soft drinks and you could have at a meal at a buffet instead!

actually , I have,, not often, but recently,,they have a very conveninent DOLLAR menu on which nothing is more than 2 bucks,,,