WASHINGTON – The Montgomery County Council approved a bill Tuesday that would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year 2020 but the measure faces an uncertain future.
The legislation passed on a narrow vote of 5-4. Several members said they believed the council was moving ahead too quickly.
“I’m concerned that we are literally on the verge of voting for a wide sweeping economic policy without the benefit of any economic data that involves the unique situation of Montgomery County,” said Councilmember Sidney Katz. “We need to accomplish raising the minimum wage by considering all aspects of our actions.”
The four members who voted against the bill were hoping to delay action on the minimum wage so the council could first study the effects of recent minimum wage hikes in the county as well as possible effects of further increases.
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$15 an hr to flip my burger means $15 burgers in the future.
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NO it does not, it means they will be replaced with touch screen kiosks for ordering and soon robots will be making all of the food... Then what?
ReplyDeleteminimum wage hike causes SKYNET takeover - who woulda thought?
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Progress? Someone will be needed to service the kiosk, factories to build them code the software. Might get better service? But yes this only leads to further increases to the consumer. More effort needs to be into making a dollar worth a dollar.
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ReplyDeleteYes someone may need to service that kiosk. The company will probably be based in a different county. You will see a lot of companies moving to Frederick, Howard or even Carroll County to avoid this minimum wages hike. Some stores will just close because they can't pay 15 dollars an hour for someone to stand at a register.