“if it’s win-win, why just make the minimum $20? Why not $30? Or $100?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because government requiring higher wages is not a win-win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interfering with market prices always creates nasty unintended consequences.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“No. 1: Thousands<\/a> of Californians have already lost jobs because some restaurants closed. Others lost income because their employer cut worker hours. The chain El Pollo Loco cut employees’ hours by 10 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pizza Hut announced that they will lay off<\/a> more than a thousand delivery drivers. One such driver, Michael Ojeda, understandably asked, “What’s the point of a raise if you don’t have a job?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n No. 2: Workers who still have jobs will lose them because now their employers have more incentive to automate. Chipotle just created a robot that makes burrito bowls. Even CNN acknowledged<\/a>, “Some restaurants are replacing [fast food workers] with kiosks.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n No. 3: Prices go up.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n