The unintended consequence of higher wages for everyone will benefit the rich more than those on minimum wage via those annual Cost of Living Adjustments in the years ahead. The separation of the rich from the financially challenged continues to be perpetuated with the “traditional” COLA wage adjustments.

Cost Of Living Adjustments (COLA) to wages favors the well paid: A 3% COLA adjustment for someone making $100K= $3,000 more per year, but for someone making $20K=$600 per year. Is it fair to give a COLA adjustment to someone making the big bucks $2,400 more than the person making lower wages for “their” cost of groceries, housing, utilities, transportation, and health care? These higher wage folks are eating similar foods and using the same fuels for their cars as those making fewer wages.

It may be better to stop beating up on businesses with over regulations, over taxation, and uncontrollable “fees” that are slight inconveniences to those making the big bucks, but the California financially challenged will continue to disproportionally pick up the costs “camouflaged” at businesses. COLA wage adjustments will perpetuate the growing spread between the financially challenged and the wealthy, as the increases in minimum wage will benefit the rich more than those on minimum wage.

You got it all figured out Dooood
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a perfect Republi-troll

SDVet, do NOT try to reason with NTHEOC, he will talk BS out of his hat all day long, just like Teddy Steals (from us 🙂 ) trying to convince everyone the per capita private sector income in CA is not $29K per year, while he has a GED gov workfare job- gifted to him by nepotism -that is comp’ing $200K-$300K…. let NTHEOC live his little fictional fantasy, it is all he has…

Always love the stories of… “I recently talked to a guy…” Like there’s any reality or truth to that. I feel sorry for you – having a such a negative perception of how real small businesses operate. That small deli, gas station, consulting company, plumber, electrician, pool service, dry cleaner, restaurant, niche manufacturer, carpenter… I can name a thousand more. All working hard to make a living in this country. And not a single one is living the life or doing the things you suggest. Must be the people you hang around with dude. You might want to check your own integrity meter.

SDvet,
Cmon man! you small business owners are some of the biggest TAX CHEATERS. I know you don’t claim your true annual income at tax time, Its easy to hide your money huh. I can never hide my income, in fact anyone can look at my income on transparent Cal. I especially like the guy i recently talked with who’s son had a soccer tournament up north and he said they stayed in the 4 seasons hotel! Oh ya, he claimed it was a business trip. Or when you eat out at expensive places, oh ya that’s a business dinner. Write that off. Another good one is the Beamers, escalades, and range rover vehicles your family drives, yep its a company vehicle, claim it buddy! So the money you small business owners save by cheating on the backside, you can cover on the front and pay your workers. If your business is large enough you should be thankful they don’t unionize…

Really! No clue NTHEOC… Most people like yourself do not even comprehend what raising the minimum wage by 25% in 18 months does to a small business. Because of my employees classifications (government enforced), I must pay my people double the minimum wage. I didn’t need the government to tell me what wage to pay… that was driven by my desire for a good workforce and to treat people well. And I had planned increases for those employees, but not 25% in 18 months. You have no clue of business or wages.

I despise the government taking away my ability to reward my employees for their hard work
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You mean like taking them to Del Taco before dropping them back off in the Home Depot parking lot!

LOL…Desmond, you are more cynical than I am 🙂

Solid comment. Ya can’t work even for free any more. And you can’t even volunteer to cut the weeds on school playgrounds — that a UNION job.

I feel SOOOOO much safer.