The restaurant industry has been dealt a series of nigh mortal wounds over the past year, and the new Democrat-promoted economic aid package would drive a final dagger through its heart. Specifically, the new aid package would completely eliminate the “tipped minimum wage” of $2.13 an hour, forcing restaurants to begin forking over $15 per hour, which would only have the effect of eliminating hundreds of thousands of jobs, and even restaurants, themselves. We’d be left with a fast food wasteland, and far fewer other options.
The $2 server wage is a stroke of genius, providing a priceless entry-level position for people would otherwise never break into the job market, incentivizing good service in exchange for a good tip, and affording invaluable work experience.
A $15 minimum wage, particularly one imposed on restaurants, would lock millions of young adults out of the job market for years, diminishing their lives and careers dramatically.
