Article from Town Hall by Timothy Meads.
This story is a tale as old as time. Or well, it’s at least as old as the Fight for $15 movement, which has been pushing the legally required minimum wage to be $15.00 per hour around the country. Six months after New York City enforced a $15.00 minimum wage, retail stores, restaurants, and other small businesses are struggling to employ their workers. They’ve been forced to cut hours and debate whether they want their business to be in NYC at all.
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Likewise, Andrew Rigie of the New York City Hospitality Alliance says the only way that businesses could afford to allow overtime hours is if they transfer the cost onto the customer.
“Many people working in the restaurant industry wanted to work overtime hours, but due to the increase, many restaurants have cut back or totally eliminated any overtime work,” he said. “There’s only so much consumers are willing to pay for a burger or a bowl of pasta.”
Townhall previously reported that it isn’t just in places like NYC where restaurants are struggling. Restaurants Unlimited, Inc.  “which operates 35 restaurants ranging from fine dining to ‘polished casual’ eateries, including Henry’s Tavern, Stanford’s and Kincaid’s, filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware,” in early July.
Read the entire article at Town Hall.
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Serves the little bastards right. You reap what you sow.
You can’t raise a pet dog in NYC on 15/hour. Try increasing it to 30/hour. That should fix the problem, permanently.
Why don’t we just cure poverty once an for a all, and set a $1000/hr minimum?
We all could retire and live of our riches after a year or two of work. I just don’t
see the down side of this. This is how a liberal thinks, and you wonder what is
wrong with our school system?
The dems are terrorists and are trying to destroy our country by forcing higher wages and put businesses out of business and more people on welfare. They dont give a damn about America so lets get rid of them asap. Anyone that votes for demwits are contributing to the destruction of this country for their own kids and grandkids. They are the ones that will suffer.