So he's promised to put people back to work , he promised to help the middle class and poor, and then he embraces a minimum wage increase that will result in workers having their hours cut and jobs eliminated. A wage increase that will result in raising prices on goods and services, exactly how does that help the middle class and poor? And what about seniors living on fixed SS payments, how are they helped when prices rise? Brilliant strategy, there Trump, you're a real outsider, embracing an insider practice that will benefit for the most part only two groups, tax collectors and union members who have their wages automatically increased with a minimum wage increase, everyone else is either marginally benefited at best or much more likely,negatively impacted by resultant price increases.
FWIW, I went to the grocery store this morning. Giant – a pretty big grocery store chain here in PA and in VA, DC, DE and MD.
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The District of Columbia will raise its minimum wage from $11.00 to $11.50 and then again to $12.50 on December 31, 2017 and Maryland will raise its minimum wage from $8.50 to $8.75 and then again to $9.25 on December 31, 2017. And here in PA DemoRat governor Tom Wolf supports a $10.15 an hour minimum wage and is trying to push this legislation through.
Coincidence? I think not.
I have also noticed that both Giant and Weis Markets around here employ a lot of seniors and HS/college age kids as part-time cashiers and with them a fair number of disabled folks – Downs Syndrome, to do bagging and cart pick up, trash pickup, etc. I am guessing these will be the first jobs to go.
My great niece is in grad school (getting her Masters) but had until recently been working part time at a local retail department store at the customer service counter to help her with school and living expenses. Her hours were cut back to under 10 hours a week and then a few weeks ago her job was eliminated completely. My great nephew who just graduated from HS had been working at a national office supply store and had the same thing happen to him – his hours were drastically cut back and then his job eliminated. Fortunately, he landed an entry level corporate IT support job but the company he just landed a job at, is also a retailer and is evidently laying off and closing stores, so who knows if his job is in jeopardy or not.
