A question concerning economics & minimum wage

[Azuren]

sethnintendo said:

Azuren said:
Increasing minimum wage means the fat cats at the top will charge more for goods and services. It's one reason why California went to shit, and why Californians are fleeing to Texas.

What NEEDS to happen is property tax needs to go down across the board, and regulations need to be imposed on apartment complexes so that they can't overcharge (over a dollar a month per square foot is ridiculous, I don't care where it is).

Another thing is these people need to stop assuming they can raise a family flipping burgers at McDonald's. That's a high schooler job.

Lower prices on houses and no state income tax are probably more driving factors for Californians to move to Texas.  You could get a huge house in Texas or live in a little ass house for same price in Cali.  Prices over there are crazy (never been to Cali but I know the gas prices are always high).  Min wage in Cali is 10 though and Texas is set at the federal level of 7.50. 

Most people I come across here in Austin (Californian Refugee Ground Zero) always talk about how expensive EVERYTHING in Cali is. Not just homes and rent, but gas and food, too. Anything that isn't priced nationally or internationally (PS4, for example) is more expensive there. And then they start talking about getting involved in the community and voting and trying to change Austin into California. I want to stop them and remind them that they left that state because those ideals didn't work out, but sometimes I feel like many of them are in their own world.

 

That said, they aren't all like that. Some come here and get just as frustrated as the progressive liberal bullshit permeating Austin as the rest of Texas does.