$15,00 Min Wage Protests

[Newt]

Here you go PM. Another example of liberal policies hurting the low income folks.

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It's official: we are now living in the future. At least when it comes to ordering your burger at McDonald's.

The fast food juggernaut has quietly opened its only L.A. location that let's you fully customize your burger using entirely automated kiosks. That's right, you don't have to talk to a single human if you don't want to. The Create Your Taste kiosks—as McDonald's is calling the automated pilot program—arrived recently to a remodeled location in downtown L.A. at 201 W. Washington Blvd. And the restaurant is only one of 18 that the company is testing nationwide, according to the L.A. Times.

Instead of approaching the typical fast food counter, customers walk up to individual kiosk stations where they use a touch-screen to order. Instead of just picking the type of burger or meal you want, you can fully customize every component of your burger. You can pick whether you want a 100% beef patty or 1/3-pound of sirloin, choose the type of cheese you crave (sharp cheddar, pepper jack, or American), and even opt from a selection of buns like ciabatta, artisan rolls and even a lettuce wrap. And you can customize your toppings and condiments with the likes of chili-lime tortilla strips, guacamole, red onion slices, tomatoes, pickles, grilled mushrooms, and more. Even some of L.A.'s best burger spots don't let you customize that much (or at all *cough* Father's Office *cough*).

This is the result of democratic policies that deny the science of incentives.
It's pretty ironic that the push by liberal progressives to increase the minimum wage might actually speed up progress in developing technology to replace the very jobs they are complaining about.
I do feel bad for the folks who lost their jobs, though. This may flood the safety net even more.