For example let’s talk about inflation, and unemployment. The poor and low-income households are already struggling enough along with the middle class, the low income class cannot afford to be laid off, and some can barely afford the cost of living! Mandated wage increase will always led to economic chaos because the math does not lie. Inflation and unemployment are not the only things we need to be worried about. Since, there is no such thing as a “business” tax. Any levy on companies always gets passed on to the consumers. When companies are forced to absorb increased costs, they raise prices. For example, say you go to a grocery store and you have ten items in your cart, normally you would expect to spend about eighty dollars, however since the minimum wage increase the company has to make up for loss profit. So now those items will run closer to one hundred
For example let’s talk about inflation, and unemployment. The poor and low-income households are already struggling enough along with the middle class, the low income class cannot afford to be laid off, and some can barely afford the cost of living! Mandated wage increase will always led to economic chaos because the math does not lie. Inflation and unemployment are not the only things we need to be worried about. Since, there is no such thing as a “business” tax. Any levy on companies always gets passed on to the consumers. When companies are forced to absorb increased costs, they raise prices. For example, say you go to a grocery store and you have ten items in your cart, normally you would expect to spend about eighty dollars, however since the minimum wage increase the company has to make up for loss profit. So now those items will run closer to one hundred