Who would have thought?

  • Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Look no further than Europe to see the same franchises fully staffed, paying better wages and charging marginally different prices. America gonna do the American thing at first. They’ll get with the program eventually.

    • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
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      7 months ago

      Look at Europe where the workers from all socioeconomic status pay their fair share of the Taxes.

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          7 months ago

          They do. They pay more than their fair share of the taxes. It’s not time for everyone else to chip in and pay their fair share.

          In Europe, those McDonald’s worker would be paying about half their income in taxes. They should do the same here.

          • Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world
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            7 months ago

            Why should the poor pay half their paychecks to taxes while the rich pay less than 40%, if they actually pay any taxes at all rather than utilize tax loopholes to avoid paying.

  • Death_Equity@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The bread excemption meant the wage increase was only going to be ineffective or detrimental to workers. Companies that increase wages will cut staff or fold while the companies that made bread will continue to make bread.

    The problem is that a wage increase requires a holistic approach that removes the incentive for the highest paid to make more money, caps on COL expenses, increased taxes on higher brackets that goes to 100%, and corporate taxes that can’t be loopholed to a fraction of nothing.

    Increasing wages without taking actions to support that increase results in the increase of COL and inflation, negating the increase in wages; it is like wiping mid-shit.

    • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
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      7 months ago

      California needs to focus on driving down their cost of living. I loved living there but everything was mind numbing expensive.