This seemed reasonable: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...debate-over-obamacare-and-insurance-premiums/ OTOH... http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/03/obamacare-will-cost-more-surprised/
They can ask for one and they are more than within their rights to do so. However, what incentive is there to continue education if there is a $15/hr job waiting for anyone that can learn the minimal skills it takes to flip a burger? Fast food is an entry level position, not something you should do for your entire life and expect riches.
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You have any stats to back that up? Because it seems you are wrong. http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-livin... NY&country2=United States&city2=Portland, OR
I look at fast food as a business. The business is making bigger and bigger profits. The entry level workers, as you think they are, are the face of the business to the public. Seems to me they see there's a big enough pie to get a decent slice.
But are they being compensated primarily for the work they perform, or for the image they present? Or more to the point, do fast food customers frequent their establishment of choice for the product/pricing or for the service. Employees are only worth the additional pay if their presence provides incremental profit as compared to workers who would accept minimum wage. If the primary draw is institutional, then the institution will have no motivation to increase wages.
I've been to some places that were terrible and some that were extremely well run. I don't see some blanket non-ability among the workers at these places. I also think if they fired all the workers and tried to replace them, we'd all see it wouldn't be so easy. FYI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger_University
This makes sense but I disagree. Your logic suggests that all workers are entitled to a "slice of the pie" for how much money a business makes. I think a job is worth what it is worth regardless of how much money the company makes. A burger flipper is a low wage job. Period. If the owner makes good money, who cares.
I don't care. What matters is if the workers want more, and the owner is willing to pay more... or not. A job is worth whatever the employer and employee negotiate as a fair wage.
I was saying I don't care what the owner makes. More power to him. He took the risk to get the business started.
well, the way McDonalds works, those workers are trained to basically be human robots. there is very little independent thought going in to this, they develop processes that workers follow, which is why they're really successful. the consistency across the chain. this leads to the fact that workers are essentially disposible and replaceable. you can get any cashier at any of the 1 million mcdonalds franchises (made that up) in America and place him in NY and you won't miss a beat because of the processes the corporation put into place.
