Loyal readers, the blog still maintains a co-headquarters here in the People’s Republic of California. We are unsure of where Troll lays his head at night, but we know for a fact it is not near; Hope Hicks, Lolo Jones, Alex Morgan, Hope Solo, or any other of his pop tarts or flavors of the month. That being said, our benevolent King Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill giving fast food workers a raise to $20 an hour in April of next year. You may be wondering about the asterisk (aka star) above in the title … well check out this dudelet buried in the bill he signed.
Workers at restaurants like Panera Bread won’t receive the wage increase because the new law doesn’t recognize places that operate “a bakery that produces for sale on the establishment’s premises bread,” as fast-food.
California law to increase minimum wage for fast-food workers won’t apply to everyone
“This exemption applies only where the establishment produces for sale bread as a stand-alone menu item and does not apply if the bread is available for sale solely as part of another menu item,” the law’s text said.
Hmm, kinda sounds like lobbyist picking winners and losers am I right? Let’s hear what our benevolent king had to say about it.
Why the line was drawn at bread remains unclear.
“That’s part of the sausage-making,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said during a news conference when asked about the exemption, Insider reported
Gavin, to borrow a line from Troll, knows a lot about sausage as he represents an area famous for how they use them!
In all seriousness, this bill was opposed big time by lots of groups, mostly big business, but I think folks need to understand while fast food has seen a lot of consolidation, there are still a bunch owned by minorities who only own a couple shops. If I have to pay $20 an hour, do I find a way to fire a couple of people? You cannot really automate … yet. How does this help people? Landlords will just raise rent higher, prices of fast food will go up big time. Anyone want to bet that next year in May a Big Mac, Fries, and Coke is about $22.50? The dollar menu becomes the $5 menu? Fast food is looked at by most as a convenience and cheap, not healthy. Gavin is removing the cheap part.
Folks, fast food has its place. Employees working there also have their place. To most it’s a starter job, make a little scratch during college breaks, get work experience, rise through the ranks and be a manger after 5 years. Then you move on. It’s a decent resume builder. For others, it’s all they have, but that’s likely because of decisions they have made. High school dropouts, criminal records, yeah you work their long term because you have too. To all the people working at fast food, it is not a career.
Kinda weird they drew Panera Bread out of this law. Really weird. I would rather work at Panera than any fast food joint sans In-N-Out or Chick-fil-A. I mean folks if you have children working, like a first job, they now will make more $$ at Burger King than Panera Bread. Think about it.
Liberalism is a brain disease. This moron Gavin thinks giving folks $20 an hour will magically fix poverty … it will not. It just creates higher rent and other expenses for food. It also expands a permanently unemployed class of folks. Business will always find a way. No one is paying $25 for a burger, fries and a Coke.
So, there you have it folks … get a career at Burger King and Have it Your Way. Yikes.
The Chief