| spurgeonryan said:
Hawatmeh believes it's not the government, but a combination of worker determination and customer demand that should set the correct wage. "That's how I built myself," he said. "That's how I'm teaching my children to build themselves. Don't ask what do I get, ask what can I do." And Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens agrees. Next month, the minimum wage will return to $7.70 an hour -- ten bucks an hour was a mistake, he says.
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In effect the market is setting that wage, as that's what his workers require to make ends met.
think of it the other way around. If that's the the wage people rewuire to make ends met, and he can't afford to pay that and therefore his employees have to take state benefits, isn't the restaurant owner also then technically relying on the government to prop up his business as well? Is that really in line with his own ethos?
in such a situation, you could potentially say that is the restaurant owner can't afford those wages, then his business is failing.
