I did not say my knowledge was more reliable. But, show the source. If you provided it, it probably was a nut case right wing source.What the fuck?
Everything you post is your own dumb ass opinion
I only post what I believe to be the truth, or FACT. If I am wrong, I admit it. But I never say something is fact when it is simply an opinion. I would not waste my time. Like when I say you are a dipshit. Because I am sure that is a fact.
You never admit shit
You go on and on about how an ap story is Wrong
Prove it. You made the accusation, so, if you are not lying, prove where I was wrong. But then, you will fail, because you are lying, in my humble but correct opinion.
That.Seattle minimum wage thread , you went on and on the story's were wrong and your first hand knowledge was more reliable.
Here is the thing, me right wing nut case. No one, me included, knows what the result of a $15 minimum wage will be over time. My guess is that it will have little effect on employment beyond the first three months. It will have a major impact, however, on employee ability to live reasonable lives. And I do not believe many businesses will go out of business at all. Time, you see, will tell. The deductions made by the nut case right wing web sites are typical con talking points. And cons have always opposed any raise in the minimum wage, and have opposed the minimum wage in general. And lying has never bothered the sources of the far right.
The affect is actually quite easy to see with most companies. I can't give you an exact result as no one can. There's too many variables in the market place to give you the precision you want to hear from us capitalists. It depends on the company, their profit margin, their wiggle room, etc. In general let's assume most of the employees of lower paying jobs are also working for companies with lower profit margins, as the businesses require less education overall, but make up for this by moving more "product" typically. In general, I would assume the following would take place, not necessarily all of them, but in general some mix of the following:
1. Layoffs or shortened working hours to try to recoup lost revenue
2. Increased prices to the consumer to recoup lost revenue
3. Increased investment in automation technologies to reduce lost revenue
4. Loss of stock value as profits to outstanding shares decreases, or reduced dividends
5. The same reduction in bond values to again recoup lost revenue
6. The closing of less profitable stores, selling of real estate to reduce liabilities / increase revenue
Again this is just a general list of the probable consequences, not in any particular order, most likely a mix of the above. It's hard to argue that a company would do these things to recoup lost revenue, especially a very vertically positioned business like Walmart or McDonalds where they exist for one reason mostly. Walmart is a retailer for goods, and McDonalds for fast food. There aren't a lot of magical tricks these types of companies can pull out of their hat to produce new revenue such as a stellar new product offering.
I wasn't able to find exact employee payroll listings on the balance sheets of McDonalds or Walmart, but the estimate for McDonalds has been pegged at (per Forbes):
McDonald’s Corp.
> Number of employees: 859,978
> Total wage expense at current pay level: $12.27 billion
> Total wage expense at $15 an hour: $20.59 billion
> Annual wage cost increase: $8.13 billion
Looking at McDonalds 2015 balance sheet, they had an EBIT (Earnings before interest / tax) of 7.16 Billion. They also had a total net income of 4.53 Billion. It seems clear to me that the costs would certainly need to be either passed on to the consumer, passed on to the employees, or passed on to the shareholders. Most likely a combination of the three.
HOWEVER this is simply looking at McDonald's profits. It's unclear as to the affect it would have on the economy as a whole. It seems clear McDonald's would have to do something about this sudden rise in costs, it is unclear if the employees would in the long run benefit from potential layoffs or reduced working hours. Consumers certainly wouldn't benefit. Taxpayers may or may not benefit from reduced welfare liabilities, assuming McDonald's doesn't close a ton of stores, layoff a number of employees or reduce working hours too dramatically.
This in my mind falls into the keynesian thought process of "we need to increase aggregate demand by any means possible". The problem is look at the numbers, McDonalds WILL need to adjust their business practices very quickly in a short amount of time. Economics is produced around stability, but when government intervention happens it creates scenarios like the above McDonalds net income issue. McDonalds will go from an EBIT of positive 7.16 billion to negative 1 billion with simple legislation. The costs will very likely be passed right back to the employees and consumers that wanted these laws.
I just wanted to prove that if you look at the numbers of a company it is very clear to see what the affect will be of government intervention. Enough of this foolish "we need to pass the law to see how it works" crap. If you're educated in finance it is very simple to see the net effect.