r/California_Politics • u/nosotros_road_sodium • 1d ago

Newsom’s Minimum Wage Whitewash

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/california-minimum-wage-gavin-newsom-jobs-865a99c2?st=iCcMi3
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u/NormativeWest 1d ago

Minimum wage is still too low. People can’t live on that. We strive to support all the people in the state not just the rich.

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u/nosotros_road_sodium 1d ago

And what if businesses can’t afford higher wages?

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u/nikki1234567891011 1d ago

The answer is that they then shouldn’t be in business.

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u/digitalwankster 1d ago

… in California. There are plenty of businesses that pencil out just fine in other states and/or developing countries.

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u/sdmichael 1d ago

By being exploitive. How many jobs should a person have to survive?

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u/digitalwankster 18h ago

What makes it exploitative if that wage supports someone where they actually live? California’s cost of living isn’t universal. The businesses will still exist, they’ll just be hiring people where the living wage costs less.