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‘Would You Like Lies With That?’ Getting ‘Equity’ and ‘Social Justice’ From the Price of Cheeseburgers

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‘Would You Like Lies With That?’ Getting ‘Equity’ and ‘Social Justice’ From the Price of Cheeseburgers
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the fast-food bill surrounded by fast food workers at the SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles, Calif., on Sept. 28, 2023. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo
J.G. Collins
By J.G. Collins
4/3/2024Updated: 4/4/2024
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California raised the minimum wage by 25 percent, to $20 an hour, for some fast-food chain restaurant workers on April 1. The raise came, appropriately, on April Fool’s Day. That’s because many of those same workers who thought they were getting a generous raise will likely soon get nothing near that. Instead, some will get unemployment benefits when their employers cut back staff. And only certain fast-food workers at big chains will actually get the raise. That’s an “April fool!” from the California state legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom.

Mandates and ‘Good Intentions’

California’s legislative houses, the Assembly and the Senate, have been dominated by Democrats for at least 30 years. In recent years, those bodies have imposed multiple mandates for the environment, business, and daily life. Many of the edicts handed down from Sacramento epitomize the phrase, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” It’s no surprise that California’s multiple unfunded mandates, its high taxes, and its onerous regulatory regime have led to an exodus of the state’s population to other states.
J.G. Collins
J.G. Collins
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J.G. Collins is managing director of the Stuyvesant Square Consultancy, a strategic advisory, market survey, and consulting firm in New York. His writings on economics, trade, politics, and public policy have appeared in Forbes, the New York Post, Crain’s New York Business, The Hill, The American Conservative, and other publications.
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