Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised just short of utopia when he signed California’s FAST Recovery Act.
Two years later, the only thing raising the state’s minimum wage for fast-food workers has accomplished is to kill jobs.
The Washington Examiner reported, the Employment Policies Institute found California has lost nearly 20,000 fast-food jobs since Newsom’s law took effect.
That’s one-quarter of all fast-food job losses nationwide.
This is what happens when politicians prioritize virtue signaling over economic reality.
Pizza Hut franchises laid off 1,200 delivery drivers to cut costs. Other chains like Mod Pizza and Foster’s Freeze closed their doors.
Newsom’s mandate didn’t protect workers; it priced people out of jobs.
“Newsom’s $20 wage has turned out to be nothing more than a boost to his own ego at the expense of fast food workers,” EPI’s Rebekah Paxton told the Washington Examiner.
The governor celebrated the law for its supposed benefits at the time.
Now, every lost job represents a family harmed by his state’s economic illiteracy.