tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post2537333051052975253..comments2024-03-28T09:26:11.184-07:00Comments on Raconteur Report: Minimum Wage, Culture, and It's ComplicatedAesophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-42225185309878666962016-04-03T11:15:49.487-07:002016-04-03T11:15:49.487-07:00The increases will hit the inland counties much ha...The increases will hit the inland counties much harder, as some are already in double-digit unemployment. What might be able to be soaked up in LA and the Bay Area won't be able to be handled by much of the rest of the state, and yes, combined with automation, will mean MUCH more unemployment in the huge rest of the parts of California that aren't the coast. <br /><br />This means the once nearly a pipedream/joke State of Jefferson movement will gain SERIOUS momentum, and the map of where the proposed state would be means that the rest of what is California will be paying out the ass for both produce AND water. It's a mess on the way, and yes, you're right, the rest of the country is also going to be paying SERIOUSLY higher prices for their salads, nuts, fruits, etc. until automation in those fields speed up. But it'll kill lots of inland communities as the final coffin, which folks on the coast won't care much about until it hits their pocketbooks .. and it will in higher costs for every single thing they buy - thus wiping out any potential gains made in wages. Zero gain for people on the coast, killing communities inland, and probably causing one hell of a succession movement from parts of the state already sick to death of LA, the Bay Area, and Sacramento. California farmed just fine for years before industries showed up on the faultlines, and will be just fine without them. Same cannot be said the other way around. I'd suggest folks start growing their own food as much as possible. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com