Maryland is probably going to raise minimum wage to $25 per hour, and at the same time will eliminate the provision allowing employers to lower their rates for tipped employees.
Tipped employees are opposed, because they make far more than $25 per hour in tips. This will kill many jobs and cause prices to skyrocket, which will force places to close. Want to know why a hamburger at McDonald’s costs $12? This is why.
Expect that price to rise.
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Anonymous · March 18, 2026 at 3:03 pm
Uh oh, the single moms who feed their kids twice a day at McDonalds are going to have to find a new cheap place to eat. Good luck with that.
Steady Steve · March 18, 2026 at 3:51 pm
The STUPID side of the Force is strong in them.
Honk Honk · March 18, 2026 at 5:01 pm
The minimum wage for waiters/waitresses was $2 an hour when parents owned Irish pub and restaurant in the 1980s. Without tips it wouldn’t be worth driving over there to work.
Henry · March 18, 2026 at 7:50 pm
First, minimum wage laws have no anchor in the Constitution. The state (and feds) simply cannot dictate what a company can and cannot pay for labor.
Second, the politicians who pass minimum wage laws are responding to pressure (and campaign donations) from special interest groups and no amount of logic, economic theory, or historical evidence will have the slightest impact on their voting.
McChuck · March 22, 2026 at 7:35 am
State laws do not depend upon the US Constitution, but upon their own State Constitutions. Which, of course, may not conflict with the US Constitution.
In other words, States absolutely can set minimum and maximum wage laws as they so desire. States can mandate every employer pay every employee a $10,000 bonus on the anniversary of their employment. States can mandate that every adult citizen on their State must register to vote and own an operable firearm. States can mandate that every motor vehicle operable upon State roads must be registered monthly and carry a minimum of one million dollars in liability insurance. States can mandate that every employee who potentially has access to a pool of water more than 1″ deep (to include common sinks) must wear full SCUBA apparatus at all times while working, as a safety measure to prevent drownings.
States can do lots of silly things. Doesn’t mean they’re good ideas.
Joe · March 18, 2026 at 10:31 pm
The dipshit politicians are buying votes with other peoples money. The uninformed who believe this pay hike is something worthwhile don’t realize that businesses are not there to give people jobs.
ghostsniper · March 19, 2026 at 10:27 am
Joe said: “….businesses are not there to give people jobs.”
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Which, ironically, is the reason for 80% of all of the gov’t.
The retarded leading the stupid while the rest of us steer around them on our journey to our goals.
Danny · March 19, 2026 at 3:56 pm
“Escape From Maryland” premiering at a streaming device near you.
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