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Trump Exposes ‘Lyin’ Kamala in Scathing Message — Claims McDonald’s Confirms ‘Definitively’ No Record of Kamala Ever Working in the Company

In yet another fiery swipe at Kamala Harris, President Trump is accusing her of fabricating a story about working at McDonald’s when she was a student and claims to have confirmation from the fast-food giant itself that there is no record of her ever working there.

Trump made the blistering remarks after his visit to a McDonald’s in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he swapped his signature suit for a McDonald’s apron and manned the fry station, much to the delight of supporters.

“Heading to McDonald’s now. If I stay for 20 minutes, it will be 20 minutes longer than Lyin’ Kamala Harris has worked there,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“She said what a tough job it was, only to find out, much to everyone’s chagrin, that she never worked there!”

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California’s New Minimum Wage Is Predictably Killing Food Delivery Jobs

A new California law will require that most food-service workers get paid at least $20 per hour starting next year.

But hundreds of pizza delivery drivers in the Los Angeles area are about to discover Thomas Sowell’s famous adage that the true minimum wage is zero.

Pizza Hut announced Wednesday that it would lay off about 1,200 delivery drivers in Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties, CBS News reported. Pizza Hut franchises are outsourcing delivery to third-party apps like GrubHub and UberEats as a cost-saving measure in advance of the new law taking effect.

The layoffs are likely to take effect in February, The Los Angeles Times reports, just weeks before the new, higher minimum wage hits.

California’s minimum wage for all workers is already $15.50, one of the highest wage floors in the country. The new $20 per hour minimum wage applies to all employees of fast-food chains with at least 60 locations in the country.

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California’s $20 Minimum Wage Will Hurt the Fast Food Workers It’s Meant to Help

Last month, Gavin Newsom signed into law a California bill that will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 an hour starting in 2024. While the law has been hailed as a victory for low-wage Californians, the reality is much more complicated. 

When states force industries to massively increase wages, the result isn’t that the same number of employees start making more money. Instead, enacting a climbing minimum wage often results in higher unemployment and higher prices.

The law, originally Assembly Bill 1228 was passed as a compromise measure. Last September, Newsom signed the Fast Food Accountability and Standards (FAST) Recovery Act, which would have increased the minimum wage for fast workers to up to $22 an hour. In response, a campaign to get a measure to repeal the law on the 2024 ballot quickly sprang up. Ultimately, restaurant groups gathered enough signatures for the referendum. 

Rather than face a ballot referendum over the law, Assembly Bill 1228 was crafted to repeal the FAST Act and replace it with a less extreme alternative following negotiations with restaurant and labor groups. The new law applies to employees working for fast food restaurants with more than 60 locations nationally, with an exception for businesses that bake their own bread.

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