Opinion | The $15 Minimum Wage Will Put Me Out of Business

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Opinion | The $15 Minimum Wage Will Put Me Out of Business
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Opinion: My employees already make $22 an hour with tips. A new bill will force me to fire them all, writes Larry Fox.

Want to earn a living wage in Alabama? Try working in a full-service restaurant.

I’m a restaurant franchisee with nine locations throughout Alabama and Florida, and my tipped employees report an hourly wage between $18 and $28, inclusive of base pay and gratuities. That’s more than the living wage for a single adult in Alabama, as calculated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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