Getting $15 an hour is groovy, IF you stay employed. Retailers are tooling up to replace workers with automation. The Tilton Mcdonalds is all automatied right now. You walk in the door and see a dozen giant touch screens. You touch what ever it is you want to eat, slide your credit card into the slot, and bingo, your order pops up back in the kitchen. Cashiers and counter people are gone. Next they will automate the kitchen jobs.
The big box stores (Wallymart, Home Despot, Lowes, Shaws and the like) are training us customers to work the bar code scanners and pay with credit cards. Bye Bye cashiers jobs.
For that matter, Bye Bye to the little local shops and eateries that cannot afford to buy all that automation. Get ready to eat only in the big chains, McDonalds, Applebees, 99, and such. Tasty they are.
Entry level jobs that currently pay less than $15 will just go away 'cause the employer will be losing money on them when he has to pay $15 an hour. It's gonna be tougher for kids entering the workforce to find a job at all.
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