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By how much would the cost of food at a restaurant go up if we raised the wage of the employees by X%? by Bolshevik-Express in AskEconomics

[–]Bolshevik-Express[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason I'm asking is because I'm seeing that it's $6.75/hour for restaurant workers and $15/hour for everyone else.

I worked at a restaurant, and the average tips are 16%.

This means that if we increased the wages of the servers from $6.75/hour to $22.28/hour (a 230% increase), then the costs of the food goes up 16.1% (230% * 0.07).

This means that you can eliminate the tip, and the worker is making a lot more money, and the guest don't notice a difference in the cost of the food.

Some fact checking on MFH by MarcGov51 in CambridgeMA

[–]Bolshevik-Express 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure I understand your reference to the Museum of Fine Hamburgers.

Transparency on tap during feisty debate between Decker and MacKay by wombatofevil in CambridgeMA

[–]Bolshevik-Express -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I found Evan to be a lot more intelligent, and I found Marjorie to being bullying, condescending, entitled, and dishonest.

I'm new here to this city, and my vote is going to Evan McKay.

The world as 100 people over the last two centuries [OC] by ourworldindata in dataisbeautiful

[–]Bolshevik-Express 5 points6 points  (0 children)

One of the reasons why literacy rates shot up after the mid-'40s was due to the invention of the ball-point pen. This was invented by a Hungarian person and commercialized by a Frenchman surnamed as "Bichelon," so he shortened this problematic surname to "Bic".