Posted on Nov 20, 2020
Florida Just Passed A $15 Minimum Wage. Is The Time Right For A Big Nationwide Hike?
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When news broke that Florida voters had approved a ballot measure raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, Terrence Wise celebrated from 1,000 miles away.
"If we can get it in the Deep South, you know, down there in Florida, it's bringing all workers closer to $15 an hour minimum wage on a national level," says Wise, a McDonald's worker in Kansas City, Mo., and a leading voice of the Fight for $15 movement.
Eight years after fast-food workers walked off the job in New York City and began calling for a $15 minimum wage, the passage of the Florida ballot initiative came as a big victory. Florida is the first state in the South and the eighth state overall to adopt such a measure.
"If we can get it in the Deep South, you know, down there in Florida, it's bringing all workers closer to $15 an hour minimum wage on a national level," says Wise, a McDonald's worker in Kansas City, Mo., and a leading voice of the Fight for $15 movement.
Eight years after fast-food workers walked off the job in New York City and began calling for a $15 minimum wage, the passage of the Florida ballot initiative came as a big victory. Florida is the first state in the South and the eighth state overall to adopt such a measure.
Florida Just Passed A $15 Minimum Wage. Is The Time Right For A Big Nationwide Hike?
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CSM Chuck Stafford
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - You sir are fortunate -- it will benefit those who are able to keep their job. Hopefully businesses can't keep their overhead costs to a minimum
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MAJ Javier Rivera
Only time will tell. But I’ll dare take a wild guess!!!!
1. Many small business will stop hiring. Some will let one or two folks go.
2. Prices will slightly go up.
3. Taxes will go up (property, sales, breathing, toilet flushing, eye blinking, etc...). You don’t think so? Well, government employees are also getting the $15 minimum wage too, so guess where the money is coming from?
4. Floridians will realize how good of an idea it was, just a few years down the road.
1. Many small business will stop hiring. Some will let one or two folks go.
2. Prices will slightly go up.
3. Taxes will go up (property, sales, breathing, toilet flushing, eye blinking, etc...). You don’t think so? Well, government employees are also getting the $15 minimum wage too, so guess where the money is coming from?
4. Floridians will realize how good of an idea it was, just a few years down the road.
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