Costco Increases Its Minimum Wage To $16 An Hour—There Is An Alarming Downside That Needs To Be Discussed

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It seems that large, dominant corporations, such as Costco and Amazon, have the financial might to raise pay, whereas small businesses that are operating on a paper-thin margin would be unable to handle the increase.

” He explained that many lower-paid people need to collect some sort of state or federal aid. This means that the U.S. taxpayers are subsidizing the workers because the major corporations aren’t paying them enough to survive. Taxpayers should not subsidize starvation wages paid by the largest and most profitable corporations in AmericaAs the federal minimum wage stagnated at $7.25 an hour since 2009, there have been private companies increasing wages.

. According to the CNBC poll, about 33% of the respondents said they’d likely lay off people if Congress passed the minimum wage law. Large corporations with big budgets will weigh the increased labor costs and elect to invest in technology to displace workers. This trend will soon become prevalent in the food service industry, hospitality, retail, construction and manufacturing.

 

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It’s a fair question, I am concerned with tech job replacement yet that is likely inevitable, maybe it speeds up with $15 min wage. I am more in favor of nudges rather than mandates though even this analysis is not definitive.

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