Name:	MartiniMan -	Reply
Subject:	Fair wage pizza shop goes belly up
Date:	10/26/2017 12:14:09 PM

Turns out they couldn't make a profit with their cost structure......well duh!  Liberals are so stupid and screw up pretty much anything they touch.  Recall the much ballyhooed firm in Silicon Valley that wanted to pay equally regardless of position.  Low level, underperforming employees loved the idea......high impact employees not so much.  Liberalism....fails every time its tried.

Name:	Talullahhound -	Reply
Subject:	Fair wage pizza shop goes belly up
Date:	10/26/2017 7:03:43 PM

It becomes a play on how much you can charge for your product to cover your overhead.  No doubt there were just too much competition for the prices he would have to charge.  Most people are not willing to pay more to support a moral concept.  

Name:	Surfaceunits -	Reply
Subject:	Fair wage pizza shop goes belly up
Date:	10/26/2017 9:51:41 PM (updated 10/26/2017 9:53:01 PM)

Seattle’s $15 minimum wage law is supposed to lift workers out of poverty and move them off public assistance. But there may be a hitch in the plan.

Evidence is surfacing that some workers are asking their bosses for fewer hours as their wages rise – in a bid to keep overall income down so they don’t lose public subsidies for things like food, child care and rent.

Full Life Care, a home nursing nonprofit, told KIRO-TV in Seattle that several workers want to work less.

“If they cut down their hours to stay on those subsidies because the $15 per hour minimum wage didn’t actually help get them out of poverty, all you’ve done is put a burden on the business and given false hope to a lot of people,” said Jason Rantz, host of the Jason Rantz show on 97.3 KIRO-FM.

Despite a booming economy throughout western Washington, the state’s welfare caseload has dropped very little since the higher wage phase began in Seattle in April. In March 130,851 people were enrolled in the Basic Food program. In April, the caseload dropped to 130,376.

At the same time, prices appear to be going up on just about everything.

Some restaurants have tacked on a 15 percent surcharge to cover the higher wages. And some managers are no longer encouraging customers to tip, leading to a redistribution of income. Workers in the back of the kitchen, such as dishwashers and cooks, are getting paid more, but servers who rely on tips are seeing a pay cut.

Some long-time Seattle restaurants have closed altogether, though none of the owners publicly blamed the minimum wage law.

“It’s what happens when the government imposes a restriction on the labor market that normally wouldn’t be there, and marginal businesses get hit the hardest, and usually those are small, neighborhood businesses,” said Paul Guppy, of the Washington Policy Center.

Already, though, there are unintended consequences in other cities. 

Comix Experience, a small book store in downtown San Francisco, has begun selling graphic novel club subscriptions in order to meet payroll. The owner, Brian Hibbs, admits members are not getting all that much for their $25 per month dues, but their “donation” is keeping him in business.

“I was looking at potentially having to close the store down and then how would I make my living?” Hibbs asked.

To date, he’s sold 228 subscriptions. He says he needs 334 to reach his goal of the $80,000 income required to cover higher labor costs. He doesn’t blame San Francisco voters for approving the $15 minimum wage, but he doesn’t think they had all the information needed to make a good decision.

Name:	phil -	Reply
Subject:	Fair wage pizza shop goes belly up
Date:	10/27/2017 11:46:08 AM

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/southunionstreet/2017/07/05/alabama-senate-profile-doug-jones-wants-stress-kitchen-table-issues/435601001/

Doug Jones also says he would vote for raising the federal minimum wage – currently at $7.25 an hour – to somewhere above $10 an hour.

“I’m not one of these people who thinks that raising the minimum wage to a living wage is going to stifle competition, or going to lead to automation and cost jobs,” he said.