California minimum wage increase chases more jobs from the state
LA Times:
Liberal Democrats who control the government in California do not care that they are chasing jobs from the state. They are buying votes with someone else's money. The minimum wage has become an unfunded mandate on business. The business described in this piece is moving to Nevada and will also benefit from lower taxes too.
California's minimum wage jumped to $10.50 an hour at the start of the new year. As the founder of a small fashion design house and clothing manufacturer in San Fernando, I’m not a disinterested observer in this change.There is much more.
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Here's what the math looks like: I pay my employees $10.50 an hour, plus productivity bonuses. In addition, I pay payroll taxes and one of the highest worker compensation rates in the state. Even still, I could likely absorb a minimum wage as high as $11.50 an hour. But a $15-an-hour wage for my employees translates into $18.90 in costs for me — or just under $40,000 a year per full-time employee.
When the $15 minimum wage is fully phased in, my company would be losing in excess of $200,000 a year (and far more if my workforce grows as anticipated). That may be a drop in the bucket for large corporations, but a small business cannot absorb such losses. I could try to charge more to offset that cost, but my customers —the companies that are looking for someone to produce their clothing line — wouldn’t pay it. The result would be layoffs.
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Liberal Democrats who control the government in California do not care that they are chasing jobs from the state. They are buying votes with someone else's money. The minimum wage has become an unfunded mandate on business. The business described in this piece is moving to Nevada and will also benefit from lower taxes too.
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