Holy hell, you don't get it.
First off... I didn't say "Canada", so stop that right now.
I don't know what the minimum wage is in Canada, but I bet it's not 15 dollars an hour.
I don't know what the minimum wage is here in Canada either. I think it might be set provincially.
To own you a bit more here...
The countries that I DID use... Germany and Australia (because someone else said those countries and used their minimum wage) do not have the high sales of automobiles that the US does.
Germany has extremely high auto sales, ...but not sure sales have much to do with it.
I would think domestic usages of automobiles is more relevant than numbers of sales.
Most people in those countries use public transportation. MOST people in the US do NOT... so gas prices affect more US citizens as a percentage and as a real number (since neither of those countries has the population of the US) than it affects THOSE countries.
If minimum wage moves, it moves everywhere... The burger maker, the Wal-Mart greeter... The guy sitting behind the glass at the self service gas pump.
The guy sitting behind the glass at the self service gas pump getting a raise is not going to cause the price consumers pay to increase. If it affects anything, it will affect the cost of that stale bag of peanuts, the bubble gum, and or the cigarettes.
What WILL affect the price at the pump, is the devaluation, and loss of purchasing power currently being orchestrated by the Federal Reserve.
You are absolutely bat-shit crazy if you don't think it will impact a whole hell of a lot more than you are making it out.
Also, you can talk shit about Bernanke and gang all you want, but they've worked very hard to keep inflation low even AFTER this "printing of money" you claim is happening.
Now who is bat-shit crazy? LOL
Bernanke and gang have NOT been trying to keep inflation low, ...they've been trying to CREATE it.
They are delusional enough to think they can control it, ...actually, more accurately, they believe the public is delusional enough to think they can control it, ...but it is beyond their control. The money they are printing hand over fist is simply being hoarded by the banks and kept out of circulation... for now, however, at some point, all that cash WILL flood into the market, resulting in a hyper inflationary deflation. I realize that sounds like quite the contradiction, ...an oxymoron even, but let me explain. The very 'assets' Americans own, or went into debt to purchase (homes, land, etc) will deflate. These will drop in price, while the nominal debt due on them (loans, mortgages etc.,) will inflate. The price for food & fuel, will go up, while the purchasing power of the dollar goes down.
Your minimum wage move will impact it almost instantly. You're completely foolish if you think otherwise.
This is not a politics thing for me... I don't subscribe to parties... NONE of them... I'm just a reasonable person.
You are being unreasonable and for that I'm sorry.
I'm not saying it won't have any impact, it will, ...but it won't be the end of the world as some are making it out to be. In the end, it will do more good than it does harm. If being under the impression that McDonalds will survive, and be able to make do with only $30 billion /yr in annual profits off the backs of their workers, instead of $33 billion /yr, ...then ya, call me unreasonable, ...especially if it means more people are able to support themselves, and live in dignity, instead of having to rely on government assistance. Btw: Where do you think the government gets the money for the meagre assistance it doles out to those on assistance?
