Former fast food CEO says raising the minimum wage will spur robot use

Legion Troll said:
Uh-huh.

You're not this anonymous poster who must have been effective at making similar arguments tht left such an impression on USF that lasted years. I really do think they've made a return to this board already. :)
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Oh my, did someone make a spelling error?

I am new to this board and this is the only name I have ever used. That is just the truth. But if you want to go around and pretend it isn't - then be my guest. I really don't care which lies you wish to entertain. Though it's weird to me why you think I would feel some need to lie about any past participation I may have had on this board...
 
Fale said:
Oh my, did someone make a spelling error?
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Did they?

Fale said:
I am new to this board and this is the only name I have ever used. That is just the truth. But if you want to go around and pretend it isn't - then be my guest.
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Why, thanks. As long as I have your permission, I will.

Fale said:
I really don't care which lies you wish to entertain.
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You don't care, yet here you are. Who do you think you're fooling? :dunno:
 
Dale said:
I don't know who you think you remember, but it wasn't me.

Who ever this anonymous poster was he or she must have been effective at making similar arguments if they left such an impression on you that has lasted years. So I really do hope they make a return to this board one day.

To address some of your quotes:

Experience is the best teacher. There is no substitute for experience. Not education. Not theory.
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That person voiced opposition to mechanization replacing people and the last question I asked them, was if we should get rid of excavators and return to men with shovels instead.
He never replied and left JPP.
 
Dale said:
lol

That's the typical corporate talking point. Raise wages and we'll hire robots to do the work instead. It's ridiculous. If they could cook hamburgers with robots they would already be doing it and everyone knows it. Besides, robots need to be built and maintained (by humans). So these greedy corporations can spare us their threats about terminator technology taking over the work force. I've been hearing this same crap for over 30 years.

That being said - raising the Federal Minimum wage to 15$ an hour is not a solution to our unemployment problems, because it will increase unemployment and only make things worst. The debate over minimum wage is largely a misnomer anyway - as States are already free to raise their min. wage if they want.

The only way to fix our unemployment problems is to bring back our manufacturing sector. That is and always was the foundation of our economy and the source of good-paying jobs. It can be again - we have only to implement the right kind of policies to make it happen. Because we are deluding ourselves if we think we are going to be able to survive as an economy of McDonald and Wal Mart workers. We have to start making things over here again.
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Let's say that the average fast food place employees 8 to 10 people per shift.
If these places go mechanized, they are probably only going to need probably 2 or 3 per shift and only one of them will really need "technical" skills to understand what to do, if the machine has a problem.
The rest will only be there to clean, load the machine, and take out the trash.

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Some are already moving to kiosks and doing away with cashier / order takers.

Wendy’s Serves Up Big Kiosk Expansion As Wage Hikes Hit Fast Food

Wendy’s (WEN) said that self-service ordering kiosks will be made available across its 6,000-plus restaurants in the second half of the year as minimum wage hikes and a tight labor market push up wages.

It will be up to franchisees whether to deploy the labor-saving technology, but Wendy’s President Todd Penegor did note that some franchise locations have been raising prices to offset wage hikes.

McDonald’s (MCD) has been testing self-service kiosks. But Wendy’s, which has been vocal about embracing labor-saving technology, is launching the biggest potential expansion...
 
Dale said:
Raising the Federal minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour would not increase employment. Employers would just cut more corners and hire less people as a result.

So I'm not sure where you are getting this data - but I would be highly suspicious of it if I were you.
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i think the claims made in its favor and against it are exaggerated.
 
How can this be?

U.S. restaurant operators would probably not replace workers with robots if they had to pay the $15 hourly wage demanded by protesters, McDonald’sChief Executive Officer Steve Easterbrook told shareholders at the company’s annual meeting on Thursday.


http://fortune.com/2016/05/26/mcdonalds-robots/
 
The golden age of the strong middle class was the direct result of strong unions with real bargaining power against corporate greed interests.
Is Fale willing to see a resurgence in the power of labor unions to regain the golden age of the middle class he so pines for?
 
Leonthecat said:
The golden age of the strong middle class was the direct result of strong unions with real bargaining power against corporate greed interests. Is Fale willing to see a resurgence in the power of labor unions to regain the golden age of the middle class he so pines for?
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It's not going to happen.
 
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