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Or alternatively, it could cause the wage to increase, as people won't be as desperate for just any job, driving down the demand for such jobs.

It would start to make financial sense for McDonalds to invest in automating several tasks which are currently cheaper for McDonalds to hire someone for. Imagine if you order and pay through a machine (I saw one of these at Jack in the Box already).

The person behind the counter could instead be working on their dreams of being a musician, artist, studying for college, etc.




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