Back in September 2023, the California Assembly passed more of the “sounds good in theory but sucks in real life” legislation they’re known for, this one being the fast food minimum wage bill that recently took effect, with predictable consequences.
Notwithstanding a mountain of evidence that minimum wage laws do not create jobs, they kill them, Newsom signed the bill into law – as usual, in front of cameras and while smiling his toothy, smarmy smile. Newsom presents himself as a man of the people. A friend of the “working class.” But we soon learned that his friendships with billionaire CEOs are even more valuable since the bill contained a carveout for his billionaire buddy Greg Flynn’s company, Panera Bread. Of course, Newsom denies that he had anything to do with crafting the law, as RedState’s Jennifer Oliver O’Connell reported back in February:
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