California FTW: Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers Raised to $ 20/hr

[Onebadcad]

I have two pizza joints nearby with lots of menu choices, I will pay a little extra for a cheesesteak, as only a few dollars more than mcd's or wendy's.
50% of the time what you get at a fast food place is not edible, only consistent exception is CFA, they have friendly workers and the food is always better-than-decent.

We had a forum member who worked there for a couple hours,,,

[dvarapala]

Time to apply to Chick-Fil-A.

[Steve_R]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

Honey we can't go to California a hamburger and fries will cost us $12. A true baller.

That really hurts.

I don’t travel to or support socialist states if I can help it. YMMV.

[Taurus]

Get ready, Newsom is just waiting for the green light to jump in the race for President. If the party sticks with Trump allowing Newson to take Biden's place this will be the reality coast to coast.

Don't say you weren't warned.

[1fine99]

Slice of pizza ,hot dog and drink at Costco under $4.00 for the win !!!

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Taurus

Get ready, Newsom is just waiting for the green light to jump in the race for President. If the party sticks with Trump allowing Newson to take Biden's place this will be the reality coast to coast.

Don't say you weren't warned.

Do you think Obama is going to allow Newsom to be the nominee?

[Taurus]

Originally Posted by LATB

Do you think Obama is going to allow Newsom to be the nominee?

Yup

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

That really hurts.

I don’t travel to or support socialist states if I can help it. YMMV.

That will definitely hurt our economy you not showing up.

Forbes
If it were a country, California’s $2.9 trillion economy would be the fifth biggest in the world, ranked between Germany and the United Kingdom. The state represents 14% of the U.S. economy. Home prices in the state have doubled from the lows of 2011 and finally surpassed their pre-recession highs in 2017. California’s outlook is bright with economic and job growth both expected to be strong over the next five years. Another plus is the $110 billion in venture capital money invested in California companies over the past three years, an amount which is more than five times the total of any other state.

Keep showing your pics after pics after pics of the beach. A pretty one-dimensional state.
Ya but, but Florida has a Republican Governor.

[Onebadcad]

Originally Posted by Taurus

Get ready, Newsom is just waiting for the green light to jump in the race for President. If the party sticks with Trump allowing Newson to take Biden's place this will be the reality coast to coast.

Don't say you weren't warned.

Again, remind us, who is your choice to defeat socialism and the weaponized gov agencies and politicized courts, thanks.

[Onebadcad]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

That will definitely hurt our economy you not showing up.

Forbes
If it were a country, California’s $2.9 trillion economy would be the fifth biggest in the world, ranked between Germany and the United Kingdom. The state represents 14% of the U.S. economy. Home prices in the state have doubled from the lows of 2011 and finally surpassed their pre-recession highs in 2017. California’s outlook is bright with economic and job growth both expected to be strong over the next five years. Another plus is the $110 billion in venture capital money invested in California companies over the past three years, an amount which is more than five times the total of any other state.

Keep showing your pics after pics after pics of the beach. A pretty one-dimensional state.
Ya but, but Florida has a Republican Governor.

FL also has alligators, crocs, mosquitoes, black bears, sharks, barracudas, coyotes, 20+ foot boas, hurricanes, too many strip clubs, too many beaches, too many golf courses, too many amusement parks, etc...

[Mick]

Originally Posted by Onebadcad

FL also has alligators, crocs, mosquitoes, black bears, sharks, barracudas, coyotes, 20+ foot boas, hurricanes, too many strip clubs, too many beaches, too many golf courses, too many amusement parks, etc...

Don't forget "Florida man".

[Taurus]

Originally Posted by Onebadcad

Again, remind us, who is your choice to defeat socialism and the weaponized gov agencies and politicized courts, thanks.

Not DJT.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Onebadcad

Again, remind us, who is your choice to defeat socialism and the weaponized gov agencies and politicized courts, thanks.

Originally Posted by Taurus

Not DJT.

Who then? Newsom?

[Wathen1955]

Originally Posted by Taurus

Get ready, Newsom is just waiting for the green light to jump in the race for President. If the party sticks with Trump allowing Newson to take Biden's place this will be the reality coast to coast.

Don't say you weren't warned.

I agree. The DNC has something up their sleeve that they will use. They also could replace CamelToeHarris with Newscum, so if Biden keels over, they have Newscum to fill his shoes.

Gavin Newsom is positioning himself to replace Biden. But he can’t be trusted

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gavin-new...164348543.html

It’s that time of year again: the weather is getting colder and the political takes are getting hotter – with California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, doing all he can to rewrite history as the Republican Party descended on his state for its second presidential primary debate.

Newsom, long a leading voice of the activist Left in elected office, turned some heads by vetoing a series of fantasy legislative goals of progressives and alienating traditional Democratic constituencies like the #AbolishICE movement, unions, and transgender activists, all in the span of a few days. Like a San Francisco squatter, the governor posted up outside the GOP debate, trying to spin the

record while also seeming to acknowledge that Biden may not be mentally up to task.

For a politician as sleek and calculating as Newsom, nothing is coincidental; his bizarre penchant for invoking Ronald Reagan, his predecessor who as governor sent the cops in to Berkeley to crush student activists, combined with his signaling to centrist Democrats that he isn’t fully owned by the activist Left comes as some in his party wonder what to do about ailing President Joe Biden.

If Biden weren’t being yanked off stage by his own staff or needing help to complete sentences, the Democrats would treat Newsom like Yoko Ono – but instead, he’s able to implore all these lovely people to imagine him as John Lennon, begging them: “please, please me.”

During the debate itself, the Republicans seeking to oust Biden frequently violated Reagan’s famed Eleventh Commandment – while standing at the stage of his famed library, no less – of not attacking a fellow Republican. They also savaged Biden for his failures on the southern border, China, the economy, and more, leaving the attention-starved Newsom languishing in the corner like a lost puppy.

But fortunately for Newsom’s ambitions, Biden does have serious liabilities. Biden allies, including Democratic media mogul Laurene Powell Jobs, have seen progressive outlets like The Atlantic call for Biden to “step aside” or face a primary – while she herself has previously shovelled hundreds of thousands of dollars towards electing Gavin Newsom in California.

Instead, with Biden’s approval ratings plunging to never-before-seen depths – although not quite low enough to rival the unpopularity of Vice President Kamala Harris – Newsom is counting on Democrats to pass over their current numbers one and two, allowing himself to jump in as saviour.

While Newsom has done everything he can to dismiss speculation that he has any interest in running for president, several recent flip flops and highly-publicised trips to red states like Idaho won’t do anything to tamp down the speculation that he is chomping at the bit.

History is littered with the skeletons of politicians who “waited their turn” to run for president: think of Mitch Daniels and Chris Christie in 2012 and Elizabeth Warren in 2016. Pete Buttigieg and Ron DeSantis show the risks – and rewards – of jumping in while the proverbial iron is hot. By 2028, Newsom will be out of office, term-limited and potentially sitting on the sidelines (unless he appoints himself to fill the Senate seat vacated by Dianne Feinstein’s recent passing). 2024 may be his one shot.

The drastic Newsom shifts have come on everything from nuclear power (he previously opposed the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant) to criminal justice, where he and the legislature made child sex trafficking a serious felony. The latter instance was the first time the state’s legislature has ever added a new crime to its three strikes law, and was passed in the face of opposition from many Democrats in his legislature.

Despite these massive shifts towards the center, Newsom is still leading the way on amending the constitution and creating big government expansion programs, while browbeating a complacent local press corps into giving him credit for Joe Biden following his lead.

But what do these changes signify? Newsom started his career with the financial backing of the billionaire Getty oil family, and now he’s back to eschewing the no-nuclear power Left, and he’s even clamored for a presidential gubernatorial debate with Governor Ron DeSantis later this year to be held, curiously, on Fox News.

Newsom may have a tough time defending his record against DeSantis or any other Republican, however. California’s problems are such that the state’s outmigration cost it a congressional seat for the first time in decades. Newsom himself faced an (unsuccessful) recall in 2021.

It’s possible that Newsom’s pivot to the center is a simple acknowledgement of political reality spearheaded by an eminently savvy politician. Or, perhaps more realistically, it’s proof that Newsom is keen to do whatever he can to capitalise on the spotlight.

It’s hard for conservatives to imagine that Newsom does anything with sincerity, or that he can be trusted on any level – and that’s not just due to his movie super villain looks; just ask his friend and former campaign manager Alex Tourk, whose wife he slept with while she was working in his administration. This is still the same Newsom who encouraged social distancing in his state during the pandemic, while simultaneously wining and dining lobbyists at the swanky French Laundry restaurant.

It’s not often that Republicans come to town in California, but as they took the stage at the Ronald Reagan Library, they completely ignored his successor in Sacramento, suggesting his obvious media ploy didn’t actually work. Either way, that won’t stop him from trying to find a buyer for his newfound beliefs. In my estimation, they’re about as sincere as his hair is product-free.

[bsmith]

Raising minimum wage for Healthcare workers at larger facilities to $25/hr too.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Onebadcad

Again, remind us, who is your choice to defeat socialism and the weaponized gov agencies and politicized courts, thanks.

Why do you think he wants any of that defeated? This is the America about half of Americans want.

[Onebadcad]

Originally Posted by Taurus

Not DJT.

Weak, very weak, non-answer,,, which I predicted before I laid the trap.
Thanks for playing.

[Egnalf]

everyone else will get raises too, negating the minimum wage raise, and seeing prices across the board keep climbing. those who are locked into low rate mortgages and other financing will see them seem easy to pay when salaries double.

[Taurus]

Originally Posted by Onebadcad

Weak, very weak, non-answer,,, which I predicted before I laid the trap.
Thanks for playing.

You laid a trap, get over yourself.

After the clown show the other night I'm not sure the right has the right candidate but it still won't be DJT for me. (unless it's DJT over Newsom)

I will say that whenever Pence spoke up he outclassed the field except for maybe Nikki. We'll see how it plays out because unlike you I don't feel a need to lock in already.

A trap, good lord.

[Steve_R]

Originally Posted by Taurus

You laid a trap, get over yourself.

After the clown show the other night I'm not sure the right has the right candidate but it still won't be DJT for me. (unless it's DJT over Newsom)

I will say that whenever Pence spoke up he outclassed the field except for maybe Nikki. We'll see how it plays out because unlike you I don't feel a need to lock in already.

A trap, good lord.

So you’ll vote for Biden again? Seriously? Your TDS is amazing. Not smart, but amazing.