john maddente | midwestern clarity

CAUTION : The fast food wage debate is heating up.   Consider recent actions undertaken by labor unions and community organizers  against McDonald's  and then... Big Mac Wikipedia image read Al Lewis' WSJ column, ( "Let Them Eat Burgers" September 1, 2013).  Mr. Lewis concludes that a super-sized minimum wage increase is justified on the basis of a single data point (average age of minimum wage workers has increased) and comparison to an Australian business model.   Mr. Lewi s' account of a recent protest demonstration reminds me of the danger I've been talking about since 2008 .  Here's the story... A vocal group is demanding a doubling of the minimum wage to $15 an hour in front of a Denver-area McDonald's which had to shut down because of the ruckus.  Lewis interviews a  twenty-six year old  man  working at McDonald's who's protesting and had this to say about his employer,...