Fast-Food Workers Demanding $15/Hr Are Protesting Themselves Right Out of a Job (Video)

Two years ago this Fight For $15 took off with protests around the country. Leftists enabling, encouraging and participating in these protests seem to believe they have a right to earn high pay for low-skill work. All of the above do not seem to understand… refuse to accept the basic rules of economics spelled out on this site in May 2015.

“We can’t raise a family of four on minimum wage.” “We can’t afford cost of living”

Well guess what minimum wage was never intended to sustain a family of four. If rent costs too much it’s time to move or get a couple of roommates, get a cheaper vehicle etc. Why should companies and customers pay a price for people who made life choices outside their means?!

Cold to say but it is the truth.

Fact is most jobs that pay minimum wage are part-time and, again, low-skilled intended for students to gain experience and earn spending money, or those with full-time jobs who need additional income or someone who has retired looking for work to supplement their fixed retirement income.

The more these people push for $15/hour the more they will be protesting themselves right out of a job. Companies can only do so much before cuts have to be made or automation is brought in to replace these workers. Since this nonsense started more and more businesses have moved to automation. Kiosks are replacing cashiers. Self-checkout stands now exist in many supermarkets and big-box stores like Walmart and Target. Restaurants are buying machines to do the work of line cooks, from slicing food to cooking burgers! Robotics and AI is growing at an exponential rate where people like Elon Musk are actually warning about the threat AI poses on mankind!

$15ers seem to believe their low-level job is equivalent to low-level jobs in other industries. Sorry but being a burger flipped doesn’t make you equal to a paralegal, doctors office admin or the like. Frankly there are people who earned degrees who do not make $15/hr, so what makes these people think they’re worth that much and why stop at $15? Why not demand $100/hr to make the same amount executives make?!

With businesses getting more and more competitive, owners, managers and executives have to make decisions to increase the bottom line. You see they need money to keep the lights on, pay taxes (highest in the world), rent/lease, equipment etc etc. Being forced to pay low-skilled workers higher pay doesn’t work in the business plan. The unions co-opting these workers protests knows this but will never admit it while they drill them for memberships dues! In the end companies will look for ways to replace workers, sell the business off or even close it down and it’s happening right now.