• jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    When you pay your employees enough that they can afford to buy the products they make, they actually buy those products. Surprised Pikachu Face

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      2 months ago

      I’m all for raising the minimum wage. Even including because I believe that increasing pay for the lowest wage workers boosts the economy.

      But this went into effect in April, and they’ve added 11k jobs since then, which accounts for 1.5% of the total fastfood jobs…during a growing economy.

      This isn’t some evidence that raising minimum wage increases job growth, but a good data point that it can not hurt it.

      Confirmation bias is a hell of a drug, always be mindful of it.