Good luck staying in business when you automate your entire customer base out of work.

It is happening gradually, but Oregon is already doing this: http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/03/its_off...

I think it's great that an "experiment" like this is taking place in a single state. It gives the rest of the country the opportunity to observe, to learn from the experiences of others.

What about the Automat? It's been proven again and again that people don't want to deal with poor vending machine food, and fast food has been on the decline for almost a decade now.

Consumers have already made the choice, and Carls Jr is not it. Automation won't change that.

Mandating a higher wage through law won't work in the long-run. Inflation will catch up in a few years and a person making $15/hour will no longer have the increased spending power they once had when they first got the boost in pay.

Oh please, if those jobs could have been automated already, then they would have. It's cheaper technology that will eliminate those jobs, not a $15 minimum wage.

Won't let me view article with 1blocker installed on iOS. Oh well.