Brain357
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A burger machine couldn't cook chicken. Some person would have to change the setting at the very least.
Really?
One person to run a machine that replaces 16 workers --- that isn't automation?
I strongly suspect that I can create a sensor (in fact, I guarantee it) that can differentiate between burger (which is red with white specks in it and weighs 4 ounces +/- 10%) and chicken (which is off-white, and has a variable weight that greatly exceeds the weight band of a hamburger). In fact, make it worth my while and I WILL build it.
And, I can guarantee that if you raise the labor rates enough, it will definitely be worth my while.
I've never been to a fast food restaurant with 16 people just cooking the food. Usually there is maybe 4. And well I haven't seen a machine that can cook more than just burgers. Link?
Only 4 when you are there - other times? 16 people out of work.
The discussion was not about what is being used today - obviously we use minimum wage workers, because it's more cost effective. The point was - raise the minimum wage enough and the machine will be built - because it is more cost effective.
Oh, by the way ----- Hamburger-making machine churns out custom burgers at industrial speeds
And in the reality of now nobody is using machines to make food. I guess walmart employees will be replaced by robots. I'll never understand why the right wants people to make so little.
It has nothing to do with 'want[ing] people to make so little' - it's about not wanting to pay more for labor than it's worth.
Today, nobody uses the hamburger-making machine because minimum wage labor is less expensive - raise the wages and see what happens.
And, I can guarantee when Walmart employees cost more than robots, they're gone.
Given nobody is using burger making machines I think a min wage increase is pretty safe. Just like every other one has been safe.