“Based on what we’ve found, I think this legislation is a classic case of ‘no good deed goes unpunished,’” Owen said. “There are unintended consequences and knock-on effects, and overall, I think the results have definitely not been as positive as policymakers had been expecting.”
Maybe, but this was NOT just raising the minimum wage. This was raising the minimum wage for fast food workers of large franchises. They deliberately distorted the job market and at least some of those negatives are because of that.
The question is what goal were they intending by distorting the job market and was that achieved?
The principles of economics remain the same. The cost of doing business goes up. Consequently, employers will hire less people, reduce hours, raise prices, and automate.
That’s not the case in California when it increased the minimum wage of fast-food workers to $20.00/hr. From https://news.ucsc.edu/2026/03/exploring-impacts-california-minimum-wage-fast-food-workers/
“Based on what we’ve found, I think this legislation is a classic case of ‘no good deed goes unpunished,’” Owen said. “There are unintended consequences and knock-on effects, and overall, I think the results have definitely not been as positive as policymakers had been expecting.”
Maybe, but this was NOT just raising the minimum wage. This was raising the minimum wage for fast food workers of large franchises. They deliberately distorted the job market and at least some of those negatives are because of that.
The question is what goal were they intending by distorting the job market and was that achieved?
The principles of economics remain the same. The cost of doing business goes up. Consequently, employers will hire less people, reduce hours, raise prices, and automate.