On 10/09/2010 6:40 PM, Bryan wrote:

> If compensation for kitchen and bussing staff went up 50%, that
> shouldn't raise prices more than your 15% because the rent wouldn't go
> up, the food costs don't go up, and the higher paid skill jobs don't
> go up. I'd like to see every single illegal Mexican out of the USA,
> but I'd also like to open up to plenty of legal Mexican immigrants.
> All undocumented workers harm the working class. Folks who exploit
> undocumented folks should be imprisoned at hard labor.
>


Big fines for restaurants who hire illegal workers might have a bigger
impact on prices than decent wages. Prices in most places have a lot
more to do with what the market bears than with the cost of labour.
Restaurant jobs tend to pay minimum wage,and even the immigrants aren't
working for much less than minimum. In most cases they are probably
already getting minimum.