r/facepalm • u/flyingcatwithhorns 'MURICA • Aug 28 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ i'm speechless

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '24 edited Aug 28 '24

I genuinely feel like moving to the US just to open a restaurant and pay my staff a living wage

Edit: This is probably the most controversial comment I ever posted.

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u/Odd_Combination_1925 Aug 28 '24

9/10 restaurants don’t make it past the first year because corporations easily outcompete. I’m not saying to justify subsistence wages but because the system is exploitative that small businesses can’t afford to pay a living wage unless corporations do to.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '24 edited Oct 05 '24

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