Ballot question #5 question [Massachusetts]

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@HappyOnion

evidence:

Articles

California Loses Nearly 10,000 Fast-Food Jobs After $20 Minimum Wage Signed Last Fall

That’s the minimum wage law for fast food workers, which are not tipped restaurant employees.

I posted about this and the effects of CA minimum wage law for fast food workers earlier (excerpted below), which I do not believe has any relevance to this ballot measure in MA. Actually, I know it has no relevance.

The Effects of CA Minimum Wage Increase (of $20 minimum) for Fast Food Restaurants on Employment, Prices, Profits and Consumer Behavior

The takeaway from UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment: The policy increased prices about 3.7 percent, or about 15 cents on a $4 hamburger (on a one-time basis), contrary to industry claims of larger increases. About 62 percent of the increased costs were passed on to consumers in higher prices, suggesting that restaurant profit margins, which were above competitive levels before the policy, absorbed a substantial share of the cost increase. Since demand for fast fo…