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CMV: Massive companies and local businesses should not be treated the same under the law

I’m coming from an uneducated position which is why I’d like to hear the best arguments against this.

If you say the federal minimum wage should be raised, a lot of people will argue that crushes small businesses, which is true. A lot of small businesses can barely afford to pay what’s minimum wage right now, much less $15 an hour.

My question is why are Joe’s Burgers down the street with one location and the McDonalds Corporation treated the same under the law? Or are they not? 

Like if Joe’s makes .001 percent of the profit that McDonalds makes in a year, which is a pretty generous metric, laws probably shouldn’t be applied to them in the same way, right? How is small business supposed to thrive in the slightest while being treated the same as McDonalds? Or alternatively, how can you stop McDonalds from exploiting their workers with low wages if you don’t give them stronger policies to protect their workers? 

I guess this is in the same category of taxing based on income.

Tl;Dr The policies applied to companies shouldn’t be the same for enormous companies and small local businesses.

Edit: so I think the real view I’m trying to convey is that larger businesses should be required to pay a higher wage based on their ability to do so, because if current minimum wage is simply the best small businesses can afford, then massive businesses with an insanely higher profit is going to 1. Expand more but 2. Line the pockets of the higher ups more. I’d say that some enormous companies can afford to pay higher wages and *still* manage huge profits and expansions.

Edit: I’ve arrived closer to a viewpoint of raising minimum wage pretty aggressively, I’m taking a liking to the idea that if Joe’s doesn’t make enough money to afford paying their employees a wage that would let them survive, then that’s like not being able to afford meat for the burgers, and so Joe’s and McDonalds should pay a higher minimum wage that comes closer to that living wage. 

Comments that I’ve given deltas and also comments I haven’t given deltas to have put this argument much better than I feel able to, so for a more fleshed out understanding of what I’m saying, read this thread! Lots of good stuff.
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So let's say that you separate the laws so that McDonalds has to pay $15 minimum wage, while Joe's Burgers can still pay $8.

Now, the thing is... wouldn't that kill Joe's even faster? Why the fuck would anyone flip burgers for $8, if they can flip burgers for $15 at McDonalds, with better benefits and job security?