interesting ... good post

alot of those jobs may be automated in the near future. I think fast food execs are dying to replace workers with machines, so raising the minimum might be worse for workers in the long run.![burger.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmP2ryhgjmCPTEjQAXGK4q8VZAABD5imqxKAvRozxRxvxX/burger.jpg)

I'm shocked that politicians who have never run a lemonade stand don't understand how the free market works! 

Like @joshsigurdson

It's the same here in the US. It's hard to get people to understand that if the minimum wage goes up, so does the price of everything we buy. It's like being in a hamster wheel. I think most people want the money to trickle down from the CEOs, but that never happens. The only way I can see this changing is to make CEO pay ratio linked to lowest paid employee. 

Yes I am seeing that first hand.  From food court to restaurants to supermarkets all food cost is up and probably is going to spread to other areas.  Wendy's is rolling out ordering kiosks after MacDonalds and Tim Hortons is likely to follow.  So they are cutting staff hours/jobs while hiking prices.

I have seen it first hand since the start of the year. So people are making more money per hour but they have no hours in these minimum wage jobs so there is no net gain what so ever.  I feel this is just a push by the Ontario government into basic income going forward.

Doesn't really matter if prices go up. If minimum wage goes up, then what is considered a 'descent enough' wage will also go up.
This wont affect people who are living paycheck to paycheck.
It is inflationary to the currency (which the wage is paid in). So anyone that has saved, or wants to save that currency will see the buying power of it go down. So if you want to save up for something, don't use that currency that is getting inflated.