Trump's tax proposal: raise taxes on the poor, give to the rich

[Superman4]

SpokenTruth said:

Superman4 said:

The higher wages will not be for the same number of employees. You will have more overtime for existing workers and possibly higher salaries for retention. Base wages for new employees may go up slightly but will include benefits. Turn time on projects will increase but whats better, a fast turn time and layoffs or a constant stream of work?

1. If you lose X low wage employees and must replace them with X normal wage employees, your costs just went up.

2. Overtime and higher salaries mean costs just went up.

3. Base wage increase and new benefits mean costs just went up.

4. Employers are not going to eat these costs.  They will get passed down the line.  If they were ok paying that amount and not raising prices, they would have been hiring legal citizens from the start.  You cannot increase operational costs without harming either your profits or market prices.

4. How will this increase turn time on projects?  How will this increase agriculture speed?  Construction speed? etc...?

You missed the point. You will end up with less employees overall, just with higher wages and benefits. That is why it will take longer for projects. During times of disasster like Katrina and others building costs go up with demand for materials, not because of a lack of labor. Companies will and are starting to staff for year round work instead of overstaff for a project and layoff once the project is done.