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Bubbaaaaaaaaa t1_iy0g11v wrote

Reply to comment by hopopo in minium wage increase by MissMilkerss

There would be no such thing as small businesses if this were the case

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hopopo t1_iy0i3x8 wrote

>There would be no such thing as small businesses if this were the case

Of course there would be small business. Having competitive minimum wages would make small business thrive.

Having higher minimum wage would make them competitive with slave owners such as Walmart, McDonalds, Dunkin Doughnuts, Walgreens, Pizza Hut, etc...

It is not Tony from a local pizza place and Jennifer from a coffee shop who spend billions of dollars each year on PACs, think-tanks, lobbying, union busting, and buying politicians.

It is minimum wage corporate welfare queens who's business model is not being competitive by being the best, but by monopolizing markets, driving small businesses out of business, and keeping wages artificially low in order to maximize profits.

It is their spokespeople who hammered that phrase in our heads. Please stop repeating nonsense that has nothing to do with reality.

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Bubbaaaaaaaaa t1_iy0jewm wrote

Exactly big corporate America has control of all of that so idk how in your rebuttal this would help Tonys pizza or Jennifer’s coffee who are probably just hardly keeping their doors open?

Raising the minimum wage would just drive their costs up and close their doors quicker, no?

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hopopo t1_iy0l3a2 wrote

If big corporations have to pay workers living wage they can't keep prices of goods and services artificially low at the expense of workforce. That automatically makes small business owners competitive.

Or in other words if they want to beat price and value of $19 pizza pie made by Tony they would have to lower their corporate profits or offer better product and expedience than Tony. Rather than simply driving Tony out of business by offering $5.99 pizza and than jacking up the price when Tony goes belly up.

Same goes for a local pharmacy, grocery store, hardware store, doctors office or any other business you can think off.

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