Some New Yorkers are quite upset by the recent raise of the minimum wage in the state to $15, which has resulted in restaurants all over the city raising their prices, according to the New York Post.
The minimum wage in the city has been raised from $13 and 13.50 in some places to $15 at the beginning of 2019. The people who rely on fast food restaurants for their daily lunches have been vocal in their disappointment with the wage hike as it has resulted in restaurants raising their prices.
“It’s obnoxious – kind of a slap in the face,” Starbucks patron Edward Beck told the Post. “Another increase and I won’t come back.”
Five Guys fan Marlon Henry, 43, is already changing his lunch plans thanks to heightened prices. “I was just telling my buddy these fries are expensive,” says the fire alarm inspector, who lives in Queens. Employees of the chain’s West 48th Street and Sixth Avenue location tell The Post that the fries have only increased by 10 cents since the new year, but that the price for burgers has gone up by $1. It’s all too much for Henry, who says he’ll go to other fast food spots to get his fix: “I won’t come back here.”
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Yes. The media is trying to convince Americans that a National Emergency is something that never ever happened in this country until Trump took office. Suggest you watch the NETFLIX series -- The House of Cards. It is true to want really happens in DC. A little stretched but very close to reality.
Marlon Henry needs to check the price of trashers fries in the family resort of Ocean City if he thinks 5 guys prices are high
Good! Hope it destroys the city so the liberals will finally learn a lesson.
10:27
Liberals never learn !
Liberals never learn any lessons
You get what you pay for
Anybody that lives in NYC DESERVES anything that happens to them. They live like overcrowded rats in a maze.
Should a $20.00 per hr Min wage Nation Wide ...LOOOONG Overdue !!!!!
10:10. That's not a good comparison. Anyone who lives near the resort town knows that any merchant likeThrashers has to make their annual income goal in less than 3 months out of the year. NYC has the entire year.
Politicians don't get it. Whenever you change entry level incomes through legislation, it forces companies to change every level of income all the way up. So, since companies don't have unlimited budgets, they have to decide who stays and who goes, effectively reducing the payroll ranks at their firm because someone has to go.
The person who was getting paid $15/hour now expects more, and so on. A ripple in Japan can cause a tsunami in California.
I don't understand that so many do not understand that
raising their minimum wage jobs will cause everything
else to do up and they will not be any better off
what so ever! What are they thinking anyway, guess
they don't !
Restaurant workers should also get the Min Wage , Plus
get to keep ALL the tip $$$$ Tax Free !!! All 50 states
How can it even be legal , that they get far less than the min
wage & are Taxed on their damn tips ??? Come on America
Min Wage should mean Min Damn Wage Period for everyone
& Tips are Your damn $$$$ & your business between you
and your waiter !!! Period Not the damn Govt's $$$$$
or the frigg'in employer's $$$$ either !!!! to divide up !!!
8:10 The merchants in a resort town choose to make a years income in less than 3 months. They should stop gauging their customers and find another niche for the rest of the year if they want to contribute to the area commerce.
All Waiters should be mad as hell & write their reps about their Pay !!!
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