$25 min wage in DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why states like CA are foolish when they arbitrarily increase the minimum wage. It has to result in increased prices, layoffs or banks. Econ 101 tells us that

It's not arbitrary and, contrary to your drivel, the CA restaurant industry is strong af.

Maybe try again, this time with facts?

[Anonymous]

This is a formula for driving up inflation. If you have to pay the dishwasher $25 an hour, then everyone in DC doing other, more skilled things who currently makes $25 will demand commensurate increased in their wages. And then if they get $40 an hour, then people who currently make $40 an hour will demand $60. It will continue up the chain, and then prices on everything will rise accordingly because of all the money sloshing around. Going out to eat will cost $300 and then the dishwasher making $25 an hour will complain that everything is still unaffordable.

[Anonymous]

Because of the inflation, tariffs, and money printing to service the debt, $25 is the new $18. You all are getting raises too. If not fast enough, please apply at a restaurant til you get yours.
The dishwasher will still be poor, but at least they can pay their portion of the rent working the same hours they did before.
My rent went from $1950 (2023) to $2200 (2024) to $2400. Add everything else that went up.
Don't worry about people not eating out. The restaurants have never been busier in DC. Not enough restaurants left I guess. It's more of a luxury now, but plenty of customers for the ones still open. Doesn't mean the restaurant makes money.
The people who cannot afford to eat out, haven't been coming since 2022.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because of the inflation, tariffs, and money printing to service the debt, $25 is the new $18. You all are getting raises too. If not fast enough, please apply at a restaurant til you get yours.
The dishwasher will still be poor, but at least they can pay their portion of the rent working the same hours they did before.
My rent went from $1950 (2023) to $2200 (2024) to $2400. Add everything else that went up.
Don't worry about people not eating out. The restaurants have never been busier in DC. Not enough restaurants left I guess. It's more of a luxury now, but plenty of customers for the ones still open. Doesn't mean the restaurant makes money.
The people who cannot afford to eat out, haven't been coming since 2022.

DC wants to pay a living wage. That means being able to afford the SFH American dream, not renting a room and living with roommates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The minimum wage in PG County is $17.00. I imagine that those who work in similar jobs in PG will try to transfer to a DC location. That is a big difference in salary to simply cross the line.

There won’t be any jobs to transfer to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because of the inflation, tariffs, and money printing to service the debt, $25 is the new $18. You all are getting raises too. If not fast enough, please apply at a restaurant til you get yours.
The dishwasher will still be poor, but at least they can pay their portion of the rent working the same hours they did before.
My rent went from $1950 (2023) to $2200 (2024) to $2400. Add everything else that went up.
Don't worry about people not eating out. The restaurants have never been busier in DC. Not enough restaurants left I guess. It's more of a luxury now, but plenty of customers for the ones still open. Doesn't mean the restaurant makes money.
The people who cannot afford to eat out, haven't been coming since 2022.

DC wants to pay a living wage. That means being able to afford the SFH American dream, not renting a room and living with roommates.

A lot of PG county is pretty affordable.

[Anonymous]

Bro got your talking points mixed up?

When you get rid of all the dirty foreigners, the free market is going to drive up dishwasher wages to $25/hr so your precious European master race will be delighted to take the job. Isn't that what you said the plan was?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because of the inflation, tariffs, and money printing to service the debt, $25 is the new $18. You all are getting raises too. If not fast enough, please apply at a restaurant til you get yours.
The dishwasher will still be poor, but at least they can pay their portion of the rent working the same hours they did before.
My rent went from $1950 (2023) to $2200 (2024) to $2400. Add everything else that went up.
Don't worry about people not eating out. The restaurants have never been busier in DC. Not enough restaurants left I guess. It's more of a luxury now, but plenty of customers for the ones still open. Doesn't mean the restaurant makes money.
The people who cannot afford to eat out, haven't been coming since 2022.

DC wants to pay a living wage. That means being able to afford the SFH American dream, not renting a room and living with roommates.

Single family homes are in the suburbs.

[Anonymous]

This will cause some businesses to leave DC. I saw this happen in Montgomery county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imagine having to pay some teenager the equivalent of roughly $55k per year just to wash dishes or scrub toilets:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/workers-labor-advocates-call-for-dc-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-25/4025867/

R.I.P. DC economy. No am I going to pay $100/entree for mediocre food or, $900/night for a garbage hotel simply because businesses have to cover out control labor costs.

No teenagers are washing dishes or scrubbing toilets.

And BTW, why shouldn't people who do those jobs earn that much? Those are hard jobs. They certainly have more importance and value than, say, lobbying, consulting, private equity or being a legislative aide.

But, oh, wait, you were TROLLING, weren't you?

You know what's hard? Clearing debris out of a field like rolling stones and moving logs. Just because it is hard doesnt mean it is valuable. It requires zero mental aptitude and zero special skills like carpentry or electrical knowledge. Why should we over reward low skill, low knowledge jobs?

Because they’re far more important than carpentry, electrical or clearing debris from a field.

You like clean bathrooms and plates, amrite? You value those more than a mitre cut doorframe? You certainly use them more frequently.

High knowledge jobs aren’t valuable. Someone who does, say, content marketing or is a lawyer or accountant is not nearly as important to society as people who clean toilets and dishes.

[Anonymous]

I worked for minimum wage in the 90s and it was about $4.50. I was a teenager and didn’t need the money, unlike some of my coworkers. It wasn’t enough—should have been double. But even that, taking into account inflation, would be about $18 right now. $25 is dumb

[Anonymous]

Meanwhile there are skilled jobs making less than $25/hr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imagine having to pay some teenager the equivalent of roughly $55k per year just to wash dishes or scrub toilets:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/workers-labor-advocates-call-for-dc-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-25/4025867/

R.I.P. DC economy. No am I going to pay $100/entree for mediocre food or, $900/night for a garbage hotel simply because businesses have to cover out control labor costs.

No teenagers are washing dishes or scrubbing toilets.

And BTW, why shouldn't people who do those jobs earn that much? Those are hard jobs. They certainly have more importance and value than, say, lobbying, consulting, private equity or being a legislative aide.

But, oh, wait, you were TROLLING, weren't you?

You know what's hard? Clearing debris out of a field like rolling stones and moving logs. Just because it is hard doesnt mean it is valuable. It requires zero mental aptitude and zero special skills like carpentry or electrical knowledge. Why should we over reward low skill, low knowledge jobs?

Because they’re far more important than carpentry, electrical or clearing debris from a field.

You like clean bathrooms and plates, amrite? You value those more than a mitre cut doorframe? You certainly use them more frequently.

High knowledge jobs aren’t valuable. Someone who does, say, content marketing or is a lawyer or accountant is not nearly as important to society as people who clean toilets and dishes.

What did communists use before candles?

Electricity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because of the inflation, tariffs, and money printing to service the debt, $25 is the new $18. You all are getting raises too. If not fast enough, please apply at a restaurant til you get yours.
The dishwasher will still be poor, but at least they can pay their portion of the rent working the same hours they did before.
My rent went from $1950 (2023) to $2200 (2024) to $2400. Add everything else that went up.
Don't worry about people not eating out. The restaurants have never been busier in DC. Not enough restaurants left I guess. It's more of a luxury now, but plenty of customers for the ones still open. Doesn't mean the restaurant makes money.
The people who cannot afford to eat out, haven't been coming since 2022.

DC wants to pay a living wage. That means being able to afford the SFH American dream, not renting a room and living with roommates.

Single family homes are in the suburbs.

The DC council doesn't know that.

[Anonymous]

If we stopped the destruction of the real estate market by corporations and lowered food costs, then maybe we wouldn’t need $25/hr to be minimum wage.

The main problem for me is that if DC does this, every company will leave and set up shop right outside our borders. We can’t “do the right thing” when our immediate neighbors are not.