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Latest Job-Killing Policy Spells More Bad News for Californians

Latest Job-Killing Policy Spells More Bad News for Californians
Hiking the minimum wage to $20 for California's fast-food workers will result in job losses, higher prices, and more automation. Pictured: An employee helps a customer at a Chipotle restaurant in San Rafael, Calif., on April 1, 2024. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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California’s list of public policy failures was already long, but hiking its minimum wage to $20 per hour for fast food workers may belong at the top.

E.J. Antoni
E.J. Antoni
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E.J. Antoni, PhD is the is the Acting Director for the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget, and Richard Aster Fellow at The Heritage Foundation.