Bernie Sanders Pushes for Force Wage Hike, McDonald’s Has Some Bad News for Him
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Left-wing politicians like Bernie Sanders are trying to force companies to raise the minimum wage. Never thinking of the consequences, they attack major businesses. But McDonald’s has the perfect solution — one that will make things much worse for employees.
How else can we say it: big government is bad. Every time the government sticks its big nose into a problem, it makes it worse. That’s especially true when it comes to the economy. I don’t have enough time to address the many times that government has all but destroyed an industry, trying to “fix” things.
From regulation to massive tax spikes, the government only knows how to hurt things. And people. Government interference in our economy has led to massive layoffs, closed businesses, and faltering communities. Yet liberals in government keep doing it because they get rich in the process.
Perhaps the stupidest initiative is the left’s “Fight for 15” campaign. Liberals, especially in California, are trying to force companies to pay their lowest-skilled workers a higher wage. Sure, that sounds nice, but salary is affected by many factors. Entry-level jobs are paid less for a reason. Those employees are new and have no skills. Over time, they can get really good, get promoted, and receive higher pay.
That’s basic job advancement. Yet liberals want people getting paid high wages for jobs any idiot can do. Worse, they want to punish companies by forcing them to spend more on their entry-level workers.
Commies like Bernie Sanders attack big businesses, claiming they can afford the increase. Liberals like him even imply big companies, like McDonald’s, don’t even deserve their wealth and should naturally redistribute it to their employees. What does that remind you of? Stalinism.
In leftist states, minimum wage hikes have been put into effect. But the result hasn’t been higher salaries and happier people. It has resulted in hundreds — if not thousands — of small businesses shutting down. They simply could not afford the hike.
And on top of that, McDonald’s has found a clever new way to get around the problem. They will replace human employees with computers. By 2020, all McDonald’s will use kiosks, dramatically reducing jobs in their restaurants
Way to go Bernie. You idiot.
Bernie Sanders has been among the high profile lefties pushing “#FightFor15,” but it won’t come without a big, counterproductive downside. Here’s the latest:
Really? Yup:
McDonald’s will roll out self-order kiosks to 1,000 stores every quarter for the next two years, according to CEO Steve Easterbrook.
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Customers who use the kiosks tend to browse the menu and order more, Easterbrook told CNBC this week, adding, “There’s a little bit of an average check boost.” [Source: Twitchy]
You see what I mean about the government making things worse? We didn’t hear about McDonald’s or any other restaurant using these kiosks until liberals pushed for higher salaries. Then, all of a sudden, restaurants wanted to roll out these impersonal machines.
I know the kid behind the counter can be annoying. But interacting with a human being will always be superior to a kiosk. You can’t ask a kiosk for help or make special requests. A person brings warmth and kindness to the experience. A kiosk can break down or be hard to use (for some customers). But thanks to Bernie Sanders, we all will be forced to order food like robots.
Those kiosks will take jobs away from young adults just starting in the working world. A valuable job that could have provided cash and experience to a teenager will now be taken by a screen. All so that McDonald’s could avoid the abuse of runaway liberal politics.
You see, this is why people like us fight liberals so hard. THEIR IDEAS ARE TERRIBLE. Do you think Bernie is going to lose sleep over the thousands of Americans who will lose their jobs over this? No. He’s got multiple houses to sleep in, after all. He doesn’t care about our struggles. “Fight for $15” is a political stunt for votes. Nothing more. When it destroys jobs across the country, the Democrats will be nowhere to be found.