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Fox News sharing billionaire propaganda
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One of the best arguments against this type of propaganda is to look at what actually happened in places where they treat their workers more fairly.
Like, you hear people say that fast food would become prohibitively expensive if we raise the minimum wage, but when you look at countries where they have decent minimum wages, the fast food there is basically the same price. Maybe pennies more.
The best way to combat this propaganda is simply to experiment or call their bluff. You know, try it out and see what actually happens. When NYC does this and nothing bad happens, maybe that will be a clue to other cities.
Fast food is a crazy example they point to. You'll spend 12-15 dollars a person easily at fast food places these days, and they serve hundreds of customer an hour. Giving the entire staff a $15/hr raise would be an extra 2-4% to the cost of a meal.
If you have 5 employees working the shop and average 100 meals an hour, you're looking at an extra $0.75 per meal to give each employee and additional $15/hour - which is a life-changing raise at a cost customers wouldn't even notice.
You don't even have to scale this to countries. Cities with a higher min wage have proven better results.
All you have to say is Scandinavia. Any corporatist concern trolling can be countered by a policy in a Scandinavian country.