The price of my delivered pizza went up, and I was happy!

[I Have A Dream]

It's been a while since I had a home-delivered pizza. My family ordered one yesterday and was surprised to find that the price had gone up several dollars. When the pizza arrived, we asked the delivery person why the price was so much higher. (We were concerned that that there was a mistake made when the price was calculated.) The delivery person said that the price increase was because of the minimum wage going up. (I'm sure that he was just waiting for the attack that he'd probably gotten 100 times in the past.) In response, we told him that we were happy to pay the extra money given the reason for the increase.

The increase was long overdue and is still not a living wage, but at least it's a step in the right direction. :thumbsup:

Oh, and I noticed that the price is much lower if you order the pizza off of their website, which is almost certainly because then a person isn't needed on the other end to take the order. We'll still be calling in our order, thank you very much! :)

[NMMNG]

1. But, but---a minimum wage increase will *destroy* the economy!

I say hooray for the increase. :applause:

[madokie]

2. You bet

we don't have any pizza deliveries around here though

[Annces]

3. Good

We need that foundation.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

4. The thing about prices is that they are driven more by the market than anything else

When big biz types try to scare us with the specter of higher prices due to them having to pay more, it flies directly in the face of history and completely contradicts their "free market" philosophies.

The price of a good or service is driven mostly by what people are willing to pay for it. If you raise your prices in response to a higher minimum wage, and people are unwilling to pay the higher price, you will lower it. You may see the cost of your pizza going back down if people refuse to (or can't) pay the higher price for it. The great news is that whenever the minimum wage goes up, all wages tend to go up. That means that more people in your community will be able to treat themselves to a pizza and the pizza shop will profit from it. Recently, my state passed a minimum wage initiative. Thousands of small business owners actually signed on in support of it. Most of them were already paying well over the federal minimum wage anyway. The opposition was funded by (surprise surprise) big corporations.

Conversely, isn't it funny how lower wages (be they due to outsourcing or "illegal insourcing") rarely correspond to lower prices? Thom Hartmann always points to the example of Nike shoes. Nike used to do its manufacturing in the U.S. and their shoes were considerably more expensive than competitors. Now they make their shoes overseas, for a fraction of the labor cost. But most of their shoes still cost over $100 retail. Where did that money go, since they sure didn't pass the savings along to us consumers?

[I Have A Dream]

7. It will be interesting to see what happens. I'm willing to pay the...

extra money, but I'm sure that they're getting lots of complaints. :(

I hope that the minimum-wage workers aren't getting beaten up over it.

[tuckessee]

5. How much did you tip the driver? n/t

[I Have A Dream]

6. 20%. ($3) n/t