Those on the extreme left politicians and labor unions keep jacking up wages like there are no consequences to those employees they are supposedly, trying to help? They forget, a business has to have enough revenues to survive and continue providing jobs to its employees. Now, there is a move to using robots in the fast food industry to make burgers. That will drive down the cost per employee to just $7 an hour with using robots. Most of the employees will get laid off and only a few will be kept. Ford employees also, lost their jobs because Ford moved their manufacturing to Mexico where labor costs are much lower than in the US. UAW will now have even less employees paying them union dues. And less taxes will be collected on the Federal and State level as well due to store closures and layoffs. Talk about a stroke of genius from those on the extreme left.
How is it you can say "maximum" employment? Because if you're going to *gasp* quote the government provided U3 numbers, then it'll just show how little you know about the argument. You need to look closer into the data, and you need to look at the industries that were affected by the change. Banks, airlines, Tech Companies, etc...none of these cared a whit whether there was a $15 minimum wage. Then you need to consider how many are no longer counted in the unemployment data because they're not considered unemployed.
What if the cost to automate the 10 positions used to be more expensive then it was to employ 10 people, but after you hike wages, it suddenly becomes a viable alternative?
Right, and the people who get the UBI will still whine and complain about not being able to make enough money, ignoring that they're sitting home on their ass doing nothing (or taking to the streets). We reap what we sow.