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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not worried about teens. I’m worried about single adults trying to afford a one bedroom apartment on 40 hours a week, so they have time to go to MC or a training school. I’m worried about the young married couple with a baby trying to afford an apartment, daycare, diapers, and formula with both parents working only 40 hours a week. Those folks need $15/hour.[/quote]

Their hours are about to get cut drastically. From 40 to 20.[/quote] No, they won’t. Quit being Chicken Little. [/quote]

I don't think hours will be cut so much as positions eliminated especially in smaller stores. The higher wages attract better workers. Better workers mean less workers needed to do the same jobs.  Chains and larger stores will simply move to automated systems on their stores. The majority of people who couldn't make it before on minimum wage jobs are actually likely to be worse off because limited jobs in the market to begin with.[/quote]
I've stopped going to the McDonalds in Sterling. They got rid of their cashiers and have a single kiosk. People don't know how to use it - you have to work through six screens before you get to the payout screen - and it slows everything down.

I also see this at Panera in Reston. They've put in ordering kiosks, but still have a person working the cash register. If FFX increases the minimum wage, goodbye cashier.

I also see this at the grocery store. Sometimes there are two full-service registers open, with half-a-dozen self-service kiosks. If the minimum goes up, say goodbye to at least one of the full-service cashiers.

Things are so automated as is that I can leave the house, do a ton of errands involving purchases, and never interact with a single human being. Pretty soon, all the low-level jobs will be fully automated, and the increase in minimum wage will only hasten the day.[/quote]

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