If employers do not pay a wage that allows their workers to live, we the people step in and do so in the form of welfare, wic, EBT, sponsored housing, medicaid, etc.

Yep. The same argument “i can’t afford to pay minimum wage” could be used at any minimum wage. “7.25 an hour, at that point I might as well employ illegal immigrants!”

That’s a direct line to slavery. I’m not exaggerating.

“But if I can’t exploit my workers then I’ll have to get a real job as an exploited worker!”

A lot of small restaurant owners aren’t that great at owning restaurants and/or are just trying to make as much as they can before getting out because they don’t really want to be there.

However, small business really do get hit harder by minimum wage hikes. The prices of every involved in running a business is always…

These people are closing before the wage increase even happens, I’d at least raise the menu prices a little and try to scale back costs a bit. I bet these people figured it was a good excuse to get out of a hard industry.

my permanent motto for this is simple:

Hot take: as a business owner, if you arent complaining about the skyrocketing rent, but are closing because you will have to pay your employees a fair wage finally, you arent a great business owner to begin with. If 40K more a year is causing you to close, how successful was your business to begin with. Thats a…

...never use a debit card.  Good advice in all situations.

As a government employee he has more protections to that then a private sector employee. Though he likely still doesn't have the level of protection he thinks.

“Seeing the paycheck warms her heart, but can it fill the the hole in her soul? No, but it will buy nachos, which are fucking delicious.”

I honestly believe that ad might appeal to Peleton’s target audience of rich white pod people.

This ad is the epitome of the self-absorbed world we now live in.

That’s nice that some people liked the ad. Plenty of people like stupid things. No harm in that. Doesn’t change the fact that the ad is still stupid, though.

“You pedal, but you go nowhere. You are trapped in a state of perpetual flight from which there is no escape. It is truly the most vicious cycle.”

THANK YOU.

Yeah, this take is about as bad as when Jezebel tried to promote the idea that fall was the worst season.

This is the real story: In the US, farmers tried to independently produce their way out of a price drop. Basic economics dictates that a non-demand driven raise in supply predictably further lowers prices. Rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat. In Canada (socialism, gasp!) protects farmers through a dairy quota system that…

They shouldn’t have written all those sports stories.

Counterpoints: milk in coffee and cereal is the bomb. Plus, almonds do not lactate, so it’s not really milk.