kupomogli said:
Minimum wages increarsing inflation is minimal. Let's say Walmart has 50 people working per store. If there was a $2 minimum wage increase, for 8 hours a day, those 50 people would be paid $800 more per day per store. An additional $.01 per item or items that are more frequently purchased and they'd make far beyond that $800 they lost. How about that same $2 increase for a fast food restaurant where there's maybe 10 people working the entire day. That's $160. The cost increase in order to make that amount back for the company would be next to nothing. |
Well this is entirely wrong. It's not about making back the decreases but increasing profitability. Still being profitable isn't acceptable. So, in order to maintain that same level of profit, they're going to increase the price. Increases in taxation, minimum wage, and regulation lead to very fast increases in prices of the goods and services provided.