CA’s minimum wage law causing mass layoffs

Chef Andrew Gruel discusses how California's minimum wage hike is resulting in layoffs on ‘The Bottom Line.’
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[@One-More-Silver-Dollar]

When you elect people that have never had a real job in their entire lives, never owned a business, and had everything handed to them from telling lies, what do you expect? They could ruin anything with a big smile on their faces.

[@michaelboykin9881]

He owns or partially owns a restaurant, but is still hiring wait staff at 16.00 an hour. Democrats don't play by their own rules. They just force others to.

[@worthybanks4204]

Correct.

[@josephquinn6686]

What do you expect newsom and auntie Pelosi 😂

[@btsantiago52]

California Assembly consists of 62 Democrats and 18 Republicans, while the Senate is composed of 32 Democrats and 8 Republicans. There is no coming back from that.

[@robertkroeker420]

Oh you mean inbred uneducated Trump loving freaks of society lol

[@JohnLee-db9zt]

Newsom, the ultimate grifter/used car salesman.

[@sz5263]

Be careful, really careful. One day he might be elected as POTUS, as easy as if he wins the nomination of the Democrats.

[@rolandjeronimus1440]

Trump Media is 'a scam,' and people buying its high-flying stock are “dopes. This balloon bursts and shareholders have lost their money, their own fault. Trump is and remains a fraud and you as a shareholder fell into it with your eyes wide open. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

[@brianvanwagner4802]

At least he didn't declare bankruptcy in order to not pay contractors.

[@alanakafang6143]

@@brianvanwagner4802 Daddy Trump owns your poor feeble mind

[@thedrunkweddingphotographer]

@@alanakafang6143 you sound vaccinated

[@GMCTIM]

Great job Newsome, like U hadn't F up California enough ! Keep voting Blue Folks ! 😔👎

[@spankyharland9845]

imagine that slick headed goon running for president.......

[@brunoheggli2888]

California is still great!

[@Meekerextreme]

@@brunoheggli2888 It hasn't been a great state in 40-50 years

[@Poundingsand]

@@brunoheggli2888 No it's not. The climate is great, the landscape is great, but the politics, the people and the taxes SUCK!

[@657spy]

@@brunoheggli2888 Uuuuhhhh, NO.

[@Grizzly_Neme5i5]

I'm a Californian, and I didn't vote for him. I want to get the hell out of this state.

[@benllama2015]

Me To!

[@0NIN7]

outnumbered by a large margin.

[@user-sw1gc6bd2q]

I left in 2020....best decision ever. Best of luck to you..i hope you get a california parole date soon.

[@joefranks4235]

A number of years ago I was looking into moving to California for an I.T. role. Glad I never followed through. Your governor is an idiot.

[@albertalmaguer7362]

well

[@michaelboykin9881]

A restaurant that is partially owned by Newsome is still paying only $16.00 an hour. Yep! Look it up. He is advertising for positions paying $16.00 and hour. Meanwhile food chains all across California are closing their doors for good, because the new wage mandate will strangle the life out of them. Newsome has found a way to choke out the competition. Rules for thee. The Democrat way.

[@Arlo360-Official]

None of his restaurants are fast food.

[@vincedibona4687]

@Arlo360 So a FF restaurant worker makes $20/hr minimum but Gavin’s high-end restaurant workers only get $16. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Islandboy1900]

The new law only applies to corporations that has over 60+ locations nationwide (fast foods). Restaurants and mom and pop eateries are not part of that. Although they will be pressured to increase if they want to keep their workers as they will go to fast foods to get paid more!

[@DiscoCatsMeow]

​@@Islandboy1900except for Panera bread. They got a special exemption. You know after the owner bribed ..err donated to Newsom.

[@edwardwilson9195]

@@Islandboy1900 He still should be leading by example! Newscum is bad news for California.

[@RepublicConstitution]

California is so broken

[@alexmaury17]

California is broken by the government, illegal immigrants, drugs and crimes, just like New York, Chicago and other states with lots of illegals immigrants. Thanks Biden! It was bad years ago, but now it's just chaotic. 🎉 Trump 2024-2028 please and I wish longer😂 to undo some of this craziness.

[@matthewm9261]

Fix the currency and the need to raise minimum wage will stop. Gold standard

[@cheri9490]

That's what happens when you vote blue.😅​@matthewm9261

[@matthewm9261]

@cheri9490 why does federal defecits rise under republicans as well as democrats? They are equally to blame

[@brunoheggli2888]

Wrong!

[@arkive9039]

Now that minimum wage is $20 an hour there’s absolutely no reason to tip anyone for doing their job

[@ginadefonte6444]

That’s a very good point 😉

[@kimfxer]

No more tipping in California.

[@maddhatter3564]

I dont tip machines anyway. computers will be the only cashiers left in that state.

[@JoeGarrity]

The workers need to tip the customers since that's where the moneys coming from.

[@joshuabarnes7552]

This mostly effect fast food resturants. You have to name resturants that have bussers and has 60 stores nationwide.

[@mickeydeez9581]

I went into a McDonalds, then in a Wendy's, I read the menu and went home and made myself a sandwich and I won't go back.

[@w1Cked760]

Yup! For a few $ more I can go to a restaurant! And get better food and service

[@miked8227]

And the restaurant food is poison anyway.

[@jujub4553]

I did not vote for him. And I also voted to get rid of him during the recall 🙄🙄🙄🙄 he needs TO GO.

[@Dynomite611]

Righttt!!! I hate when people comment saying you voted for this California!! Not true many voted against him.

[@grider421]

When are you guys going to actually do something? In case you haven’t noticed california hasn’t had fair elections for decades. Keep voting they can always create more votes than you.

[@Dynomite611]

@@grider421 what do you suggest?

[@johnmack8904]

Only illegals, the mentally ill and criminals voted for this clown

[@NickDrinksWater]

Cali has a defective governor

[@jeanettelopez4323]

He needs to go.....he is destroying California

[@fdsuperstar2547]

Except his next job is President of USA

[@ThatGuy10112]

@@fdsuperstar2547Yeah that will absolutely never happen

[@fdsuperstar2547]

@@ThatGuy10112 that’s what I said about Biden becoming President.

[@kerrycarter330]

@@ThatGuy10112 I’m not so sure. Over heard three girls saying they would like Gavin to be our next president. Why you ask. “He’s cute”. So nothing surprises me anymore.

[@RoaringRanger]

​@@fdsuperstar2547 Yep then just watch the damage we will witness the end of the United States

[@ouroboros5224]

California loves its homeless so much they want to create more of them.

[@karinjudd1442]

The majority of homeless are senior citizens. Sad but true. The worst part is illegals are being housed and receive SS benefits higher than most seniors receive.

[@hydraxc2478]

​@user-rl7mt4gh3oWho's "we"? I voted red like all the other sane people, and my city and state are just fine.

[@Mejiaelis]

@@hydraxc2478do you think all Californians vote democrat? Get real!

[@user-ok1pi7sz9w]

The homeless problem equals big salaries for people in charge to fix it. So why would they fix it if they would lose there jobs. 😂

[@alonzomartii]

There are a lot of jobs but they don't like to work. And some and so hooked in that's they cannot perform at a job

[@frankzalar333]

Mcdonald's laying off 1200. Pizza Hut laying off 1300. That played out well. 🙄

[@nakoloc1040]

Frank - according to the democrat liberal agenda, it's playing out perfectly. They're not trying to help the workers, they're trying to HURT the owners. They're trying to make you, the consumer, more dependent on them. And to them, the real knee slapper is, their state will re-elect them, no matter how much truth comes out.

[@mikeg8494]

Funny they laid off alot of people but still raise the prices on everything.

[@ShiggyMomo]

@mikeg3494 Of course they raised the price on everything, they have to after they're forced to pay 20 dollars an hour. Wtf did you think was gonna happen!? 😂

[@samspade9838]

​@mikeg8494 that is because of bidenflation.

[@UVJ_Scott]

“Congratulations you’re getting a raise, oh BTW you’re laid off.”

[@charliepearson1678]

Or were only gonna let you have 20 hrs a week . lol What a bunch of fools these ppl are .

[@milesjohnson5487]

Or get your hours cut in half.

[@tomriggs699]

Or the business has to close…

[@brandonhoffman4712]

I just keep giving myself raises and clients still chase me down for work. Ive gone from 30-50/hr since 2022 and am looking @ 62.50 as my next step. Im booked for 3 months. Working weekends and running myself ragged while trying to move @ the same time.

[@reaperundergroundexplorati2232]

@@brandonhoffman4712yeah but what do you do? Not flip burgers.

[@LilMissSmartyPants.922]

our country is dying under democrats

[@BinkyStalls]

100% Facts

[@Soy_Bomb]

Nah

[@shockcat5988]

“If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools”. Plato

[@rodhonco5681]

True Statement. Especially the unborn.

[@Soy_Bomb]

@@shockcat5988 Plato sucks

[@kerrycarter330]

A lot of California fast food workers will soon be making the real minimum wage. Which is zero.

[@KevinThomas-ok2ev]

I hope they remember to thank the SEIU thugs for getting them that wage.

[@ZISKAMAKES]

They will be getting unemployment 😖

[@atg1338]

Wow how pathetic and unamerican can you be 🤔

[@davidhenderson3400]

​@@ZISKAMAKES And how many weeks does that last. They got to find replacement job Sooner or later

[@StickAndMove]

2,500 McDonald’s & Pizza Hut workers getting all excited about getting paid $20 an hour, then just getting laid off. 🤗😡😩

[@haroondaman7162]

Uber is where they will go to earn way less

[@markcosenza3274]

Minimum wage was never intended to be a livable wage. It was a wage to get people into the work force who had never worked before. It was assumed people would learn a skill and move on to a better job. I guess all of the good jobs moved to Mexico or China.

[@chuckxu5910]

I live in East Oakland California, it looks like little Haiti 🇭🇹

[@noahname6695]

Minimum wage in the late 70s was a living wage. Not comfortable but you could do it. I know firsthand. IDID IT

[@whatfreedom7]

Unless you’re a druggy.

[@yewliegoh3896]

Good jobs stay in US with the same pay as in Mexico or China.

[@Kauai-OO-80s]

28 a hour was considered living wage in Cali which is probably underestimated. California recently hid the yearly amount they consider poverty level by averaging it with the whole nation. Until recently 25k a year was considered poverty in California but they lowered that to 15k a year(national average)considered poverty for 2024...while everything costs even more for 2024...

[@MoneyandLifeTV]

Mass layoffs and business closure was the whole plan.

[@AsaTrenchard1865]

Exactly right 😐

[@axehandler114]

Yep.. need to get everyone relying on the Gov... socialism at it's finest.

[@jediskunk67]

@@axehandler114 And replace humans with robots.

[@focusmelvin]

​@@jediskunk67And illegal immigrants.

[@rosanneshinkle4133]

You nailed it.

[@DavidHunter-d1s]

Now they want to force the four day work week , so even at $20 dollars per hour minimum wage, nobody can afford groceries.

[@DigitalYojimbo]

It's divide and conquer, keep bringing in more immigrants to force 4 day work weeks

[@ParkerPennies]

As a fast food worker, I am now at $20 an hour. But the irony here is that I am making way less now. Why? Because any business that has to pay $20 an hour has slashed employee hours to part time. At $16.50 an hour, I was getting 6 to 8 hour shifts. At $20 an hour, I am only getting 4 hour shifts and somedays, only 3 hours. So I have taken a significant pay cut. And with California auto insurance having just gone up 33%, and rents that just keep going up and up, I don't know how I am going to survive. Thank You Governor Gruesome.

[@calvinroyals6463]

Un intended consequences. Not that politicians care. People who are not as perceptive as you will think it was a good idea

[@SM-tg5pi]

Same here, we got $0.30 raised this year, but they cut our hours too.

[@scharonwilliams3096]

You are not making less. You have more time to make more money now. If you make 16.50 for 40 hours vs 20 for 20 hours. What's your plan now for the other 20 hours mine Fill it up with another job so I'm still working 40 hours but making twice as much in that 40 hours. Don't be tricked into to thinking more hours equals more pay it's more pay equals more pay

[@calvinroyals6463]

@@scharonwilliams3096 I would add getting paid in dollars that are losing their buying powe for goods that are increasing in price. It's the fun of inflation.

[@kaitiscarlett9022]

and because the shifts are cut in half, the workers are doing the jobs of two people.

[@draz9765]

I moved on from working at McDonald's to something better but my friends over there were cheering for their $20 per hour. The next day 1 of them got laid off. How pathetic

[@lvgk8898]

Woke ignorance to not expect layoffs!

[@encinobalboa]

Meanwhile, Gav's restaurants do not pay $20/hour. He is the worst kind of hypocrite.

[@rosalindrajaratnam1836]

What to expect, Nancy Pelosi 's nephew

[@vectorphoenix5992]

Mind you, they are luxury restaurants with high prerequisite standards of getting hired, like culinary skills and experience with a degree in culinary arts, yet they make less than $20 if not $16 minimum wage.

[@indianatarzan8001]

@@vectorphoenix5992 I was wondering why they didn't just raise minimum wage for everyone. Now I know.

[@renesandoval1454]

On the plus side I know many people that are quitting their jobs that make less than $20 an hour so they can work at Mcdonalds.

[@Jonathan-pr1wo]

@@renesandoval1454I figured that’s what was going to happen. Doesn’t make sense to work anywhere for less than $20 now.

[@shAnn0n1]

If you're a restaurant, and you make certain bread, you don't have to raise your minimum wage to $20. Newsom's loophole 4 his friends.

[@mrsleep0000]

I love that it even specifies you have to also sell the bread separately so that Subway wouldn't get an exemption. They REALLY tailored it for Panera since they backdated when you had that practice in place so that restaurants can't just add bread to the menu and get an exemption. And then he has the gall to claim it wasn't just for Panera.

[@safeandeffectivelol]

@@mrsleep0000 Subway just needs to start selling loaves of bread in their stores.

[@Marky-Mark1337]

​@@mrsleep0000 I mean they can start

[@melsop54]

Forcing a more expensive labor force WILL force a more expensive product for the customer, thus nullifying any pay increase altogether.

[@Wary_Of_Extremes]

Minimum wage had its highest purchasing power in Feb of 1968, and never again had such purchasing power. Minimum wage has lagged BEHIND inflation, it has not been the cause of it. Government spending, including taxpayer money to themselves (via money to companies they're invested in) and their friends every time the military makes a move or there is some sort of public works, that outstrips actual production in the country, largely causes inflation. The world caught up post wwii (when Canada and the U.S. basically had some of the only production capability in the world, and every blue collar job could pay okay to amazingly). The world now does not want to pay a lot for electronics, machine parts, etc., just so American and Canadian workers can get great pay in factories and all the service workers those factory workers go to can also get paid well.

[@melsop54]

@@Wary_Of_Extremes I'd argue, as minimum wage is intended to provide minimum standards of living, the issue is not minimum wage. If inflation has well outpaced minimum wage, you place the blame squarely on inflation. If water is filling the boat, the solution is not to get a bigger bucket. The solution is to slow down and eventually stop the water from coming in. Min wage was never intended to support a family with, pay a mortgage or rent with, etc. The fight should be on slowing down government spending that leads to inflation. As if our lives depended on it, because they do. But no one seems to want to fight that fight.

[@TheExauticTruth]

@@melsop54minimum wage was intended for the minimum amount of money someone can make to support themselves and there family. Look it up stop just saying things out your mouth without research.. the cost of living is too high therefore WE NEED minimum wage increase to survive. This theory is whats wrong with the world. Some people couldnt afford college.. some people HAVE to be able to survive on minimum wage PERIOD… just stop. Dont say minimum wage wasnt intended for blahblahblah youre absolutely wrong.. just stop

[@TheExauticTruth]

People like you WANT people to be on the street. This theory is for people who make too much money that want to have a say in why they need to stay rich while there employees dont make enough…

[@melsop54]

@@TheExauticTruth No. No I don't. That's how people get killed, and I don't want otherwise innocent people killed. It's basic business. Basic math. If I have two employees and I hypothetically pay them $5 a day each (just using small numbers for example of course), and I charge $1 for my product that my employees help sell, and then I HAVE to start paying my employees $10/day, my expenditures just increased $10/day overnight. My choices are simple. Increase the price on my product to make up that gap...or eliminate one employees position, place that burden on the other, and balance out my expenditures. What I am not in business for (read what nobody is in business for) is to lose money. You may not like that, you may hate that. It's still reality. No matter how hard you fight it.

[@a92gsxdsm]

People are not gonna pay higher prices for the same product.We will just stop going to those places pretty simple

[@preciousowusu7743]

Exactly.

[@deniseclaeys8295]

Buy an air fryer. Burgers, wings, fries, ribs, hashbrowns, etc with better ingredients for pennies on the dollar. And it's fast.

[@KingdomKeys53]

Who is going to pay $20 for freeze dried beef out of a sack?

[@atg1338]

Blah blah blah... F A T will keep going

[@williambarger8043]

I hate to say it but, no burger flipper is worth 20.00 an hour. And I've done that job.

[@edwardfitzpatrick9363]

The same can be said for a waiter or bartender that makes more money

[@hydraxc2478]

​@@edwardfitzpatrick9363No it can't. That requires running around, memorization, and most importantly, customer service. A burger flipper does none of those. You are wrong, please understand that now.

[@kathymcclain3056]

@@hydraxc2478 Fast food workers can't even get your order correct half the time..

[@NickDrinksWater]

Who even still eats fast food? I havent had any of that in like 8 years

[@williambarger8043]

I know, I haven't had fast food in years either.@@NickDrinksWater

[@robertoviana514]

Nothing like making people better off by impoverishing them. The stupidity of Politicians is baffling.

[@musicteacher5757]

robertoviana514, I believe a large number of bureaucrats are sociopaths. Sociopaths NEED to harm others. And they're so obsessed that they don't realize they're harming themselves! My adage: Sociopaths really are that stupid.

[@waikintang8246]

Frankly, the stupidity of Voters.

[@safeandeffectivelol]

It's not stupidity. They're taking the country down on purpose.

[@mhods4457]

It's hilarious that at this point you still think it's "stupidity" and not malice.

[@grimfang5023]

Word! Calling it stupidity is giving them and excuse. This is intentionally being done to sell us into global slavery!@@mhods4457

[@shawnalynn8428]

I worked for the state as a in home caregiver and was making 16.50 a hour literally every year the state would fight our union on getting a raise and yet fast food workers are making 20 a hour. What about us the ones who are taking care of the elderly and disabled there's a lot more that goes into that line of work than just flipping a burger. SMH it's disgraceful what Newsome has done to California!!!

[@theterminators6512]

​@commanderpp because fast food corporations can afford it. That's why.

[@Wary_Of_Extremes]

Well, you should have picked to be at a certain company in a certain industry that Newsom wanted to make things harder for by very specifically raising minimum wage in. He didn't do this to help anyone but himself and friends, as certain places he and his friends don't have a stake in now have to pay more and places he and his friends do have a stake in don't have to pay more.

[@ernestoramos6666]

Even the Cerified nursing assistant studying and taking a licence examination , as a CNA worker are getting 20$ hr only!

[@calvinroyals6463]

It's the appearance of having done something. Without actually accomplishing very much benefit for the state.

[@mith2946]

This will eventually lead you to making more. Dont let Fox News lie to you and believe thier BS. They will also tell you Unions are bad. Newsome sucks but not for this

[@andrewordog4397]

The more you make, the more they take.

[@DuraDigi]

Exactly

[@Kr0nicDragon]

Until you make a billion then they look the other way

[@JoeSchmo-u1d]

@@Kr0nicDragon Guess who pays MOST of the income taxes in this country? Top tier earners, that's who. Even if you tax top tier earners at 100%, the national debt STILL won't go away. The government has a SPENDING problem, and until that's addressed, nothing will change. There are WAY too many handouts to people who are just too lazy to work. This country was founded on SELF-RELIANCE. No one owes anyone a "right to live", people have to work for it.

[@JoeSchmo-u1d]

It is possible to change your withholding on your tax forms. You can make it so you get more of your money, and either get a small refund, pay a small amount, or owe nothing. Why let the IRS get more of your money so you can get a refund? Does the IRS pay interest on your money when you give them too much during the year? Hell no.

[@Ronniejamesleo]

Used to be the middle class. But they are non existent now ​@@JoeSchmo-u1d

[@djc7039]

"CA’s minimum wage law causing mass layoffs" Duh?

[@djc7039]

@cc1658 well they can't lose money and stay in business, they will be priced out

[@mikeg8494]

The funny thing is that only some people get $20 a hour. Regular minimum wage is still $16 for daily wearhouse workers.

[@djc7039]

@@mikeg8494 It is only "fast food with 60 or more locations nation wide"

[@kenrobba5831]

They know what they’re DOING ! It’s to their benefit to RUIN everyone else, they think.

[@raul0ca]

Communists bringing communism to you

[@truckinfam2207]

Gruesome Newsome couldn’t manage a hot dog cart 😂😂😂

[@atg1338]

It's so mind boggling just how classless and hateful you maga people are. It's absolutely disgusting!

[@ILovePizzaAndKFC99502]

Vote this guy out this year please people before it’s too late

[@bassmanjr100]

They won't

[@jediskunk67]

@@bassmanjr100 And they never will!

[@DriftmanX]

As a Californian, I don’t know anyone who voted for him even when he was Mayor of SF. Not sure how tf he got in. Maybe how Biden somehow beat Trump.

[@mariex800]

@@DriftmanX Can't disagree.

[@bfranco1519]

As a 20 year resident of California, I can’t wait to get out this state. It’s become beyond frustrating as well as expensive…

[@chuckinhouston9952]

Why are you still there? I hear this from California people frequently, but they don’t leave. Why?

[@brianvanwagner4802]

Your right. It is expensive subsidizing red states. Maybe California should do a little less of that. Let's see how it works.

[@nbaoldgirl]

@@chuckinhouston9952Omg we pay more for everything compared to other states. We literally can’t afford to live let alone move. Moving is expensive and a lot of us can not save up!

[@nbaoldgirl]

@@chuckinhouston9952I used a grocery app to compare what I pay for groceries around me to people at the same stores in Florida and we pay more for every single food item I looked up… and that is just the food-a basic necessity so please stop wondering why Californians can’t all move away. Just use your imagination.

[@NickDrinksWater]

Please stay there, it's getting WAY too crowded where Im at, and the whole state is turning liberal now. I really want to leave

[@FatLu-zu2fb]

Combine Biden and Newsom ideas, and you have 1 Big Garbage Dump.

[@geraldmcgerald3014]

Yes Yes Yes 👍 Democrats create Train 🚂 Wrecks and in some cases Atrocities.

[@russelltate1394]

And Gruesome Newsome's Nightmare continues

[@atg1338]

And you hate spewing maga people keep posting your hate.... It's absolutely disgusting how you can hate on another american.

[@catr1226]

No more tipping pls. As a middle class, I don't even go to restaurants anymore bc tipping is like 20-25% now. A quarter of the price of my meal is insane.

[@yayatest7878]

A tip is a choice .stop complaining u robot

[@robh3007]

I have a new rule. If I'm standing up while placing my order, I'm not tipping.

[@lanamarie3899]

I don't tip anything anymore!

[@richardclifton4120]

I have avoided Fast Food for almost 2 years now. Good Luck getting me to support them at all.

[@Always_Thinking]

No fast food for 25 years due to allergies! Not really a bad thing though 😂😂

[@beekeeper8474]

So it's okay for government to target with unfair laws?

[@jacobew2000]

IT also affects your local grocery stores, and other stores. You will see less workers there too.

[@Always_Thinking]

@@jacobew2000 Any word on Panera needing to comply with the $20/hour? Friend of GN!

[@flynnstone3580]

I totally quit fast food and restaurants at the beginning of the pandemic and been eating at home healthier for less ever since.

[@WaydeFerguson-ll5pf]

You think. What do you think was going to happen. Get rid of Newsom. lost his mind.

[@TM-li7bl]

Waiting to leave CA until next year when we retire!!! Crazy politicians and people who won’t stop voting for these losers!!!

[@yuckabuster]

Please don't come to Montana, everybody else did, and now it's too expensive for locals to live here.

[@fredhi2912]

One reason we left San Diego, CA on 20 June 2020.

[@bonniegalusha1693]

Don’t bring bad voting to other states

[@elmalohombre4604]

The fact that there are restaurants with signs that say "now hiring" makes it all a joke

[@PatrioticLily]

California needs a Republican Governor ASAP!!!

[@nbaoldgirl]

Preach

[@tomb7942]

A REAL one, not another Arnie.

[@AChillin01R]

Have you seen the red states in out country? They are usually the highest crime rate and use more government programs. Look it up.

[@davekinghorn9567]

The entire CA legislature, State & Federal, needs to be laid off. But they'll be re-elected. Watch.

[@mansfieldfamily5389]

Republicans aren’t better usually. They’re war mongerers. We need people to stop voting for parties and vote for independent candidates

[@maximusdecimusmeridius8888]

Every time they raise minimum wage EVERYTHING ELSE GOES UP!!!!!

[@zicario3030]

Would you work for 16???

[@Lion_heart103]

@@zicario3030a teen will. Someone taking care of a family, go find a good paying job.

[@mikeyrose4183]

Every time BUSINESSES raise prices, all wages must go up!

[@werearethedreamteam3724]

That is the key.They want humans to suffer at any cost

[@lionelwhiskerknot]

Fast food and waiters are temp jobs. They aren't meant for careers. They are meant to get your foot in the door for bigger jobs and pocket cash. Small business doesn't have the money or insurance to pay those kind of wages.

[@sScritch]

People about to learn why grandma washed and reused her aluminum foil....

[@SLAYINGVR]

This is insane.

[@bugeyev8]

get this guy out of office !!!!

[@EverydayTJ]

Newsom for president

[@mtvwasted]

@@EverydayTJnewsom for prison*

[@luzesquivel2660]

Now!!! Not TOMORROW. NOW."

[@dominick5886]

@@EverydayTJyou’re a complete moron

[@tomallen7699]

It's easy to award someone $20.00/ hour, especially when it's someone else's money...

[@caronlittle3539]

California has a state tax, health tax, unemployment tax, and higher taxes on property and sales. How do people exist out there?

[@sirwixalotful]

Se don’t wear dying

[@Player676-vw8rr]

We live on the sidewalk

[@whitesnake1439]

Don't forget the highest fuel taxes and ridiculous fees for cans and bottles and bags too

[@IrishAnnie]

They live on the streets, in their cars, ect.

[@sherryfarkas-gz1bi]

Maybe lowering all those taxes might help!!!

[@AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada]

rather than that minimum wage, give those fresh off welfare a 5 year tax break.

[@takesi5283]

When a person who does not know business become Governor then The state will be falling.

[@MR-xc3sw]

It has more to do with the Democrat agenda than knowledge. The collapse of the USA is not because of incompetence it is because of corruption. They know exactly what they are doing to America.

[@JoeSchmo-u1d]

California hasn't had a businessman as a governor EVER, and that's the problem. Local, state, and federal governments are like businesses with money coming in, and going out. Unfortunately, most (if not ALL) of our past (and current) governors, don't have business backgrounds. They all think that their state coffers are their personal piggy banks. Look at that Mayor in Illinois, Henyard. She's the perfect example.

[@ChrisYoung-zo4md]

@@JoeSchmo-u1dgreat point

[@MR-xc3sw]

@@JoeSchmo-u1d another point is corruption. Democrats all follow the exact same agenda handed down by a higher power so their knowledge or background is insignificant. All blue areas suffer from the exact same policies. It's not incompetence it is anti American. There is a very clear pattern.

[@CVSoprano]

Yeah, that Reagan guy was terrible as governor and president.

[@petersmith6145]

It will drive up costs even more in California. I hope evem more businesses leave.

[@donaldgeorge2014]

Lets simply address the main question here. "Shouldn't California be a state with no problems whatsoever with crime, poverty, homelessness, education, etc? They are a supermajority state where no opposing viewpoints need to be considered. If their economic, social, and educational policies were so effective people in the state would have ZERO complaints. Why isn't California a UTOPIA. (It's a rhetorical question)

[@checkersx3556]

Fast food jobs aren't worth $20 per hour. It's a starter job for entry-level, and the expectation is they will improve and move on to more experienced jobs, higher pay. It's not meant to be a life career.

[@mrchady]

What should the majority of workers do to survive then? Your comment is what's wrong with this world...A jobs a job and anybody that works 40 hours should make enough to to at least put food on the table and have a roof over their head

[@checkersx3556]

@@mrchady So what are you saying, the majority of workers are in minimum wage jobs all within the fast food sector? If that's the case, today there are thousands of newly laid-off minimum wage workers whose pay has exceeded the job description.

[@seamusoreilly804]

@@mrchady A lot of fast-food workers are kids, still living at home - or students in college - who are earning supplemental income outside of their parents. The adults who have to support themselves from these entry, non-skilled, jobs can get supplemental assistance from the state, EBT cards, low-income housing programs and Medical. Flipping burgers is not the same as an apprentice electrician or plumber. It was never meant to be a life career path. All this will do is drive inflation and layoffs, and it will be no gain for everyone who thought they were getting a 25% raise.

[@TruthFiction]

@@seamusoreilly804 I have yet to see a fast food restaurant where half the employees aren't middle aged adult women. You think they shouldn't be paid enough to live?

[@seamusoreilly804]

@@TruthFiction I think they should be paid what a job is worth. And the Mickey Dee’s employees near where I’m at are mostly kids.

[@jimreid67]

$42k a year flipping burgers. Ok I’m good with that but start paying our junior enlisted military who protect our country the same.

[@Positiveenergy68]

💯

[@marcussmith4913]

42k? where the hell did you get that number? you could work 80 hours a week at 20 dollars an hour and not even come close to 40k by the end of the year. Government takes about half your pay on top of everything else. Lol you will not see 40k a year making 20.

[@Positiveenergy68]

@@marcussmith4913 Um, the way you add up salary is gross not net profit so you are incorrect. $20 per hour is exactly $41,600 per year.

[@marcussmith4913]

no its not and I know this because I used to make 26.33. I worked 40 hours a week and at the end of the year my wages did not add up to 41k So you are wrong.@@Positiveenergy68

[@jimreid67]

@@marcussmith4913 let’s see. $20/40 hours is $800 a week. $800/52 weeks is ………$41.600 so I’ve over stated $400. Never stated take home. No pay is ever your net pay. Don’t get me started in what Uncle Sam takes from us. Oh if you did work 80 hours a week that would be an additional $30/hr or $1200/week x 52 = $62,400 a year. Total would be. $41,600+$62,400 = $104,000/yr.

[@wvbigcat5219]

They had a chance to vote him out, they didn't. Enough said. Leave the State.

[@AChillin01R]

The people voted this in. He just signed it.

[@meangreen6044]

And go where to your state to ruin it to? Think !!!! Let them stay there

[@PatrioticCat-hs8pk]

This was not put on a ballot. Newscum did it on his own. Millions of California residents voted against him and voted to recall him. Unfortunately, there are too many libs in this state. Unless and until they see the destruction being caused by their decisions, we are sunk.

[@Jgodhappyfish]

you do realize that Gavin Newsome has like 50 million followers and loyal voters. He can walk up to any Californians and ask for one of their kidneys. He's a hero to Californians.

[@KingdomKeys53]

Most people in California don’t support him or his policies. How these laws passed and why he’s still in office when no one voted for them and we voted him out is highly questionable

[@QuantumCat76]

Shocker

[@carlosdanger6129]

WHAT THE EFF IS WRONG WITH THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA.. ABSOLUTELY INSANE

[@sneaksc9767]

How is this state even existing !!?

[@ChrisYoung-zo4md]

Like the Roman Empire.. ready to crush any moment

[@randyadams7269]

Federal bail outs!

[@danielleal1037]

As if what he did to small businesses between 2020 and 2022 hadn’t already been beyond outrageous and absurd.

[@NormanLor]

IMAGINE A WORKER MAKING $15.00/HR NOW NOT EVEN MINIMUM WAGE. IT'S A DISASTER!!

[@FUBARandU]

It used to be California Dreaming, now it's Californians Screaming.

[@ChrisYoung-zo4md]

It used to be a golden state NOW it is a welfare state…..🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@buddyjenkins7188]

Politicians fail to see that the real minimum wage is ZERO, when you loose your job.

[@ralan350]

They knew this was gonna happen

[@TheJudgementofDog]

Looks like educators failed you as well.

[@aWhimTested]

*lose

[@LawrenceTierce-pu3by]

Layoffs is what they love. They want only poor and the very rich.( The nomenclatura).

[@prun8893]

How do you loose a job?

[@jorgecortes8448]

my question is how does in n out manage to pay his employes? they have been payng 20 usd for years in california

[@andrewamell4965]

Dont forget In n out also has benefits, and their burgers combos are roughly the same if not cheaper than McDonalds. My bet would be its because In-N-Out doesn't do franchising and as a business has a consistent sense of integrity. In my small city there are 2 In-N-Outs and 6 Mcdonald's but almost all of the Mcdonalds are all owned by franchisees. Franchisees set prices and wages in their own stores so you have some semi-small business people who were trying to somewhere to maximize their personal profits. I would honestly bet that if every Mcdonalds was corporate owned there would be at least 10-20% less whining and lobbying against the wage increase.

[@alineowens5966]

What do you expect from Pelosi 's nephew. His own in-laws moved to Florida recently, and during an interview, they said it was because of what the State has turned into..

[@user-conservative-wasp]

He and Pelosi aren't blood related.

[@atg1338]

No that's a flat out lie.

[@user-conservative-wasp]

@@atg1338 What part is a lie? They didn't move to Florida, or the reason for moving to Florida?

[@atg1338]

@@user-conservative-wasp they didn't move there because California was to expensive.... that's the lie

[@user-conservative-wasp]

@@atg1338 The original commenter didn't say they moved from California because it was too expensive, but because of what the state has turned into. Then why did they move there, in your opinion?

[@omarmoran3097]

We can buy food to make at home no biggie. We don't need McDonald’s. Keep raising up prices and making food smaller. I will not buy food from McDonald’s or other fast food chains. That simple. The more you keep your employees and no one buys the more you're lossing money.

[@Maelodas]

As a Californian, we’re just digging ourselves even deeper.

[@kenneybis1097]

Imagine passing a bill that causes mass layoffs, reduced profits for companies, and closure of some businesses just so people that lack any real job skills or trades can make a few extra bucks.

[@AAPSG]

Minimum wage is suppose to be an entry level job, Not a career

[@TruthFiction]

Imagine thinking that people should not be able to afford to live where they work. $20 an hour doesn't pay enough to live off in CA. Instead of arguing that they don't deserve it, why don't you try living there on that income.

[@petec8068]

@@TruthFictionOR, try looking for another job that pays enough to be able to do so. It’s minimum wage for a reason. I wasn’t happy with what I was making so I looked for something that paid more.

[@bobnevling5637]

It's not how you vote, It's who COUNTS the votes!

[@fixedit8689]

Both

[@ChrisYoung-zo4md]

Very true

[@musicteacher5757]

bobnevling5637, 100% It's a downward spiral. Democrats keep "winning" no matter what conservatives do. People stop voting or move away, then it's easier for the Democrats to "win". And they blame "white flight" when things get bad.

[@TruthPrevails89]

CA is 65-70% communist now. Why are you still there? I got TF out of there and never looked back.

[@porkbunassassin2295]

Almost like we all said this would happen

[@jasonbroom7147]

Inflation is so out of control, the Fed had to raise interest rates faster than at any other time in history. Let's give unskilled laborers a $20 minimum wage, so they have more money to contribute to rapid increases in inflation. (Shouldn't we try cutting tax rates and letting people keep some of the income they do make?)

[@plantsplantz2116]

That's gonna hurt the state government bottom line and the state employees like a secretary making 30/hr doing nothing😅

[@jacobew2000]

@@plantsplantz2116We do need to make about 5-8 million federal and state employees go back to the private sector.

[@lb1460]

Duh! The majority of the fast food restaurants, even stores and businesses near this area are empty.

[@daviddiehl-gy2sq]

They're not layoffs, they are FIRED.

[@fingerstylefan]

They classify it as layoffs so the people will be able to get unemployment. Which will drain the system even more.

[@pigxstix]

Fired is with cause, layoff is without. You get fired when you screw up, you get laid off when the employer doesn't need you.

[@daviddiehl-gy2sq]

@@pigxstix fired because you are Not worth the money to pay you.

[@gawainethefirst]

@@pigxstix…or can’t afford you.

[@LittleRayOfSnshine69]

@gawainethefirst They can afford it. It just cuts into their profits.

[@markthomas9534]

Who couldve foreseen this coming wow!!

[@peteshour768]

I'll have a big double, fries, and a large drink, please. That will be $20.

[@billw7894]

Or more ...

[@Evilslayer73]

25 maybe 30$

[@ChrisYoung-zo4md]

More reason to cook home.

[@jacobew2000]

Im guessing $26 for that.

[@jimr3751]

Plus taxes and more taxes

[@darrellbaker-er1yg]

The government needs to stay the hell out of it.

[@TheRaydiation]

the opposite won't work either though. You don't pay them enough no one will show up to work. The corporations CAN choose to pay their CEO millions less but they won't so its the management.

[@es330td]

I have a degree in Economics. In my labor Econ class the professor said "Don't let anybody tell you different. The real minimum wage is zero."

[@RICO-2024]

It is if you are self employed and run a small business that is struggling to keep afloat. Everyone gets paid before you do, everyone has rights except you. You just have obligations galore. You get a fat round salary, O . I've been there - not any longer. I now work for myself but alone. It's less stress and better pay.

[@wyliem]

anybody with a brain, looks like that leaves out 99% of people, would see this coming. working the counter at McDonalds isn't a 40k/yr. job

[@meangreen6044]

I was t even making 40k /yr after I got out of college but some burger flipper or drink server thinks they should 🤡

[@CleanandSoberNation]

Newsom's gota gooooooo. STOP voting for this wacko liberal!!!

[@janarountree9833]

Newsom do as I say, but don't as I do. He's dumped California into the toilet. So sad

[@sonny231100]

becoming a shitlhole state

[@chocloditelensman]

I used to eat out - not anymore - can’t afford it. And that is too bad. My groceries have gone way up and had to cut two smaller vacations we use to take. Sad.

[@atg1338]

It's a fact it's cheaper to eat at home crybaby. And it's better for you.. DUH... you crying i can't afford fast food people are pathetic..... OH I CAN'T STUFF MY FACE WITH FRENCH FRIES 😭😭😭

[@BPRED516]

Shocking! Common sense doesn’t exist in California!

[@TC-vg3pr]

Newsom really messed this one up

[@53zwitt]

When did cooking fries become a career??

[@daviddavis3426]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mikebryant614]

IKR ? If the pinnacle of your intelligence , motivation, and education means you can slowly manage to drop a basket of fries into hot grease and wait for a buzzer to tell you when to take them out ,then you don't need to make $20 an hour, and were never supposed to .Minimal effort in and at life begets minimal rewards, that's how that has always worked.

[@michaelmartin8422]

​@@mikebryant614 when kids started graduating highschool not knowing how to read or do math

[@rrrealqueen]

Its a teenage job stop calling it livable wage minmum wage was suppose to help you get into the workforce and then eventually you get the skill to leave. I see more old people occupying those positions then teenagers because they dont want to give those jobs up.

[@Aren-Tibbs]

Panera Bread isn't laying anyone off. They can still charge the regular minimum wage.

[@panaderofilms]

Knowledge is learning from your mistakes..Wisdom is learning from OTHER STATE'S MISTAKES..

[@1951RKP]

Who with a reasonable amount of sense didn’t realize this is what would happen. Are these people ever in touch with reality ? I’ve never seen such incompetent politicians in my life as what we have now. These people are simple ignorant.

[@reggosse3901]

I'd vote for Gavin, to clean my toilets.

[@jimharrow8104]

Your toilets are too good for Newscum...

[@douglaskaye1395]

You’re generous I’d vote for him to clean toilets in prison.

[@ChrisYoung-zo4md]

Good one😂😂😂😂

[@jacobew2000]

He is not qualified for that either.

[@10beachbum22]

That job is too good for him

[@jaredmoore3825]

Liberal Logic: If we just give everyone a million dollars, and everyone is a millionaire, no one will be poor. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@huenhuan2103]

What's scary is that they're working on that scenario but to give only to the poor & disenfranchised of their narratives & propaganda while ignoring everyone else. 🤡 First, they taxed more from billionaires to "pay their fair share". Now, it's the almost millionaires & millionaires. Next, it will be you, me & what's left of the middle class liberals have destroyed with their disastrous legislation.

[@chelseyt7091]

Fr though 😂😂😂😂

[@omarsharifi2587]

Its not an increase in minimum wage that's causing mass layoffs. It's s the increase of cost of living & goods -> increased demand for raising minimum wage -> inceeased layoffs.

[@pigboykool]

Minimum wage should be $0! Government should NOT be involved dictating what two willing parties on the cost of their services. Let the market determine it.

[@AndrewBurbo-zw6pf]

the minimum wage is zero and will soon be for many more formally employed workers

[@stephenfreid6200]

Liberial Mentality, Liberial Math, Everyone Looses...

[@ba_2three458]

Everyone that knew anything about simple Economics saw this coming from a mile away!

[@DEE-o4v]

And I mean...VERY simple Economics.......Any idiot could see this was going to happen. Expect tons more layoffs and closings within the year.....

[@xtop23]

lol !!! There’s a shock nobody saw coming. Except ALL of us that have taken an economics course.

[@ghosti79]

Wow who would ever thought increasing minimum wage and the tax and everything else would increase layoffs. It's not like we told them this would happen for years now😂.

[@JPAGH]

Who the hell could have supposed that. (irony)

[@Davidtibi4353]

Newsome must spend thousands of taxpayer dollars just on his hair alone

[@bensonyau2302]

It's amazing how much damages one man can do.

[@Mark-qw5hs]

Ya, FJB.

[@NormanLor]

EVEN $5.00 WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD RAISE BUT NOW STORES AND RESTAURANTS WILL BE CLOSING BY THE HUNDREDS. A REALLY BAD MOVE!!

[@dennishein2812]

I’m on SS and I don’t even come close to minimum wage in my state. My wife is also on SS and makes near minimum wage. These young people complain they can’t live on minimum wage under $20/hr and some say they need $50/hr. I’d gladly trade their $15/hr with what we make.