LanguageMan1 on Nostr: Not a leftist here. A minimum pay raise at the Federal level wouldn't make much of a ...

Not a leftist here. A minimum pay raise at the Federal level wouldn't make much of a difference as in most states people make more the that. Minimum wage is for beginners anyhow, but employers use it to stifle wages for the rest of us.

For the companies that did reduce staff or bring in automation, that's partially because those states raised the minimum too much and the economy is already souring and has been for over a year no matter what the government or media or economists say.