'Here come the machines': Calif. governor signs $15 min. wage into law (guess what happens next)

Ensuring the automation of minimum wage jobs. Great job screwing the working poor again, nimrods!#FightFor15 https://t.co/2UidQCxX8q

— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) April 4, 2016

California legislators recently voted to raise the statewide minimum wage to $15-an-hour in stages over the next few years. Today, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill into law:

#California enacts highest statewide #minimumwage in US. https://t.co/bRYNfxQakY pic.twitter.com/LXIUKsB0X1

— AP Business News (@APBusiness) April 4, 2016

BREAKING: California governor signs bill creating highest statewide minimum wage at $15 an hour by 2022.

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 4, 2016

Anybody with a grasp on economics knows what’s going to happen next.

BREAKING: More California small businesses flee broken state. https://t.co/VyQ1z14rbE

— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) April 4, 2016

So cute. Not Pictured: Hugs for the poor people who won't get jobs. https://t.co/pf8hgX16oj

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) April 4, 2016

https://twitter.com/yesnicksearcy/status/717036671439474688

@yesnicksearcy @APBusiness Expect a ton of layoffs as barely hanging on businesses have to dump workers who were making $7-12/hr

— Pete & Lisa Got Caught Tampering With Flynn's 302! (@drawandstrike) April 4, 2016

@APBusiness I have descriptor for those whose marginal value of labor on the production line is less than $15/hour: "unemployed".

— Tomas J. Nally (@Steelweaver52) April 4, 2016

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Self-Checkout in every register at every store https://t.co/rigDeuKPuG

— nitraM (@NotaMethLab) April 4, 2016

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@AP @ChooseToBFree THE NEW WORKERS AT MCDONALDS LOOKS LIKE THIS pic.twitter.com/VfQ7qBvIFi

— Donald (@Dymodon) April 4, 2016

They misspelled "…creating highest youth unemployment in the country by 2022." https://t.co/cJIK7lNYX4

— Not-So-OK Boomer Rand (@Rand_Simberg) April 4, 2016

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@APBusiness @TomokoHosaka I see more automated kiosks. No need to pay $15 an hour.

— JoeStu (@jlooksky) April 4, 2016

$15 an hour by 2022 might be nothing again. https://t.co/jHGoj5Ge7o

— . (@thegeminiedit) April 4, 2016

The wage increase is tied to inflation, so by the time the $15-an-hour minimum wage date is reached…

https://twitter.com/MatthewOrMatt/status/717030687233216513

#FightFor20 is next.