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Will the USA cease to exist as we know it if the minimum wage is raised to $15?
May 30, 2015
Jim Reeves commentary, News automation replacing workers, gas stations, mcdonalds, minimum wage, raising the minimum wage, self serve Leave a comment
You’ve seen this one, right? It’s been making the rounds on Facebook and other social media sites recently. The message is, of course, that demanding an increase in the minimum wage will cause employers to switch to automated systems, and cause our minimum-wage workforce of teenagers working after school to simply dry up. Of course, what they don’t tell you are two very relevant facts: most minimum wage workers are adults, and automation has been taking jobs since the beginning of the industrial revolution.
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