nuckles87 on 25 May 2016
It's also cheaper than $7.25 an hour. Or $5 an hour. Because you literally need to pay a robot nothing. All it requires after the initial installation cost is the electricity it needs to run, and occasional maintence (though I have no doubt many of these machines will be poorly maintained). Blaming "$15 minimum wage" on something that's been inevitable since the technology became viable is disingenuous. This was inevitable, and would have happened regardless of what the minimum wage is, because companies do not hire people out of some sense of moral responsibility. A smart business is always looking for ways to cut costs and raise profits.
