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You seem to be laboring under some illusion that your typical food shack could afford to pay people 15$/hr to drop fries in a deep fryer or run a cash register.


Absolutely they can. Looking at the stock price and financial reports, it does not appear that any of these mega-corps are in any danger of going out of business.

Your argument is demonstrably invalid.

Someone at Forbes run the numbers during Papa Jones debacle and concluded that comprehensive healthcare coverage would cost 4c per slice more.

Plus it isn't just fast food - it is fast food and retail. This is big chunk of all employment even during good times.

Are we also expected to tip cashiers at WallMart? Because we already do with out tax payer money, when they inevitably get social payments for not making enough money to get above poverty line.

You are yet to address why the Taxpayer should be subsidizing wages, where corporations set them knowingly to below-livable level and expect us to pay the rest via social programs?

Last edited by sini; 12/01/12 09:01 PM.
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