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Exactly how much would the price of a McDonald's hamburger cost?
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2016-04-18, 01:55 PM #1High Overlord
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Lets assume 15 dollars an hour happens
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2016-04-18, 01:56 PM #2Titan
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The same as it would without.
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2016-04-18, 01:56 PM #3The Patient
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Assuming that all staff is retained? Or that half the staff is let go?
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2016-04-18, 01:57 PM #4Merely a Setback
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maybe 20 cents more.
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2016-04-18, 01:57 PM #5The Undying
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McDonalds will be fully automated by robots.
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2016-04-18, 01:58 PM #6Banned
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Originally Posted by Xeones
Originally Posted by breadisfunny
oh lord, you can't believe that.
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2016-04-18, 01:59 PM #7Stood in the Fire
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its going to force other companies close to minimum to raise or they'll lose staff. like my job, security, will have to go to 17+/hour or they will not be able to hold or hire new workers
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2016-04-18, 01:59 PM #8Deleted
15$ does seem a lot though for some jobs.
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2016-04-18, 02:01 PM #9High Overlord
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Wouldn't higher income for everyone increase business and revenue though? People will have more disposable money to spend. Am I wrong in thinking that? Originally Posted by Laurabelle
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2016-04-18, 02:03 PM #10The Undying
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Not really. Automation is going after higher paying jobs right now. More potential to cut costs since a lot of initial market testing has shown customers largely have mixed reactions to automated customer service jobs, which are at or just above min wage. Originally Posted by Hubcap
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So you believe it would what, triple in cost? Originally Posted by Luftmangle
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2016-04-18, 02:04 PM #11Banned
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I suggest you never own a business Originally Posted by Xeones
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2016-04-18, 02:05 PM #12Brewmaster
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Would rise of minimal wage impact only McDonald's? OR that would impact other who used to earn 15$ before rise and so on up to CEO's? And would this rise of minimal wage impact rental prices?
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2016-04-18, 02:05 PM #13Herald of the Titans
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I dunno mcdonalds already thinks it can get 1.50 for a mcdouble, 6$ for a burger. Their is no real logic behind their pricing besides trying to gouge you for every penny they can for their horrible and toxic food products
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2016-04-18, 02:06 PM #14Deleted
The same, but fewer people might have to do the same amount of work now.
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2016-04-18, 02:06 PM #15Scarab Lord
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Big Macs are a bit cheaper atm in the US then over here in Europe. That 15$ comes pretty close to the minimum wage we have over here. So they probably get a bit more expensive. Btw when's the last time you tipped someone at Mickey D's?
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2016-04-18, 02:07 PM #16Immortal
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I suggest you largely underestimate McDonalds margin. Originally Posted by zenkai
That small, private, burger joint may have difficulty is a given. McDonalds won't feel the difference, at all.When googling 4 letters is asking too much fact-checking. Originally Posted by primalmatter
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2016-04-18, 02:09 PM #17Banned
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The McDonalds near me pays about 10 an hour.... or so they say on the sign at their drive through window. They never made a mistake on my order, except like recently where there was some onion on my cheeseburger Originally Posted by Ealyssa
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2016-04-18, 02:10 PM #18Brewmaster
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Why would the price go up? They didn't go up when the CEO's compensation package went from $1.69M to $7.91M. Are you suggesting that giving Easterbrook a raise of more than six million dollars a year doesn't affect the cost of their shitburgers, but somehow giving their government assistance recipient hourly sleps another $7 an hour is going to cost them so much they'll be forced to pass it off on the customers?
Fine by me. I don't eat their shit anyway, but my taxes go to paying their employees' grocery and medical bills. Let the cost of doing business come out of their profits for a change.
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2016-04-18, 02:11 PM #19Legendary!
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$15/hr minimum wage would have little effect on big corporations and chains. Proponents will claim the mom and pop type places (under x amount of employees) will be exempt from this and thus will have no effect on them. Yet the smaller mom and pops will be hurt because they will need to raise compensation in order to compete with a $15/hr wage.
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2016-04-18, 02:12 PM #20The Lightbringer
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I won't argue economics, we can go round for hours about it.
Consider this: In almost every major metropolitan area(where the jobs are) Rent in a shitty apartment in the ghetto or boonies costs no less than 500$/mo. That's in almost every major city in the U.S. Getting out of the ghetto immediately pushes you up to 800-1000 a month range, and it's usually not much better.
Believe it or not most people don't have the luxury or privilege of parents supporting them. They get kicked out or parents go to jail or w/e, a young person starts out life paying more than 2/3 of their pay to be independent.
If you don't want to raise pay, then lower rent.
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