Apathy Curve: Racket

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Racket

Unionism at its finest:

The City of Los Angeles recently approved a measure that would increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2020. Some of the largest support for this move came from the city's labor leaders who wanted the sweeping rule to apply to all businesses, even though many business owners said they would be unable to comply with the increase in payout. Now, those same union leaders are pushing for an exemption for businesses who hire union laborers.

That's usually called a protection racket. If it was anywhere but Granolafornia, I'd say prosecute the unions and city government under RICO. In their case, however, their sorry asses deserve all of the misfortune which their ill-informed actions will create. Let 'em drown in their own economic cesspool. The only thing that can fix California at this juncture is the San Andreas fault.

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