bad angle shot - tons of businesses didn't change their wage at all and had prices go up a lot more than this. how was that also the fault of nebulous 'wokeness'?
this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2024
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That is all the price increase was?!
Fuck yeah! Increase all the wages.
I'm not worried about the fast food prices on a 5 dollar item, I'm nervous about housing, cars, groceries. Multiply that quata by 200 and it starts becoming a lil mo harda YOUKNOWHATIMSAYIN bruh bruh. 
Correlation does not equal causation!!!
Usually, yeah, but I think it's safe to say that when the company is spending more they'll raise prices to cover costs. Assuming that a price increase on the same day as wages go up was caused by anything other than the wage increase is kind of like plugging your ears and screaming you can't hear.
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Lmfao the fries cost the same
There's more price sensitivity there because no one will pay more for In-N-Out's garbage ass fries.
Minimum wage goes up slightly every year, but the cost of everything goes up slightly more.
It's just a brake on our decline.
Everyday life has gone from: single income 4 person family: no issues. All the way to: dual income, 2 person household: not enough money to buy the food required to keep doing your job.
Something needs to break, i can only hope it's all these planet ruining, greedy ass, underpaying and overcharging businesses.
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OK but what about the price jumps prior when the minimum wage wasn't a factor?
Price increases without an increase to minimum wage: "That's just companies charging what the market has decided as a fair price"
Price increases along with an increase to minimum wage: "OMG! GREEDY WORKERS ARE BLEEDING US DRY!"
If we're going to have a system that's foundationally built off greed, then a workers "greed" of wanting a wage they can live off of is just as valid as a corporation's actual greed of wanting to maximize profits, except we should prioritize the "greed" that benefits actual human beings.
I love how the guy is blaming minimum wage workers, who have no control over prices, than the mega corporation that used the raising of minimum wage to raise prices across the board.
Missed opportunity. A $4.20 cheeseburger with 420 calories would be the top seller.
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Everyone's commenting about how it's obviously the wage increase that made the prices go up but also it's March 29th to 1st April, which is usually when prices go up anyway because the next financial year is about to start.
Meanwhile I just spent 10 dollars and a tip on cold mozzarella sticks and a drink that was nearly all ice at large food chain in Central America
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I would never, ever pay 25 cents more for a burger because I don't have to. It's a scam by the restaurant owner who wants to keep making money hand over fist at the expense of their employees and customers. You paying more has nothing to do with paying the employees more, it goes straight to the top like always. This strikes me the same as people begging for video games to cost $70+ bc they think that means the developers will get payed more. That's not how capitalism works
And it's still the cheapest fast food joint in the state.
I feel like this person is valid for saying this because it'd be a lot harder to defeat @EndWokeness's premise than just telling him he's a moron for hating a price increase for minimum wage.
I wish we could put caps on corporate profits.
There is a significant subset of our population that would gladly support slavery, or at best slave wages, if it meant the price of goods remained the same. Don't tell them how the sausage is made.