Minimum wage laws keep people down. They are disincentive from going out and improving yourself to make more money. Government forces employers to pay people more to stay in mind and spirit-killing zombie jobs that they might otherwise be forced to get out of to make more money. Minimum wage laws are making millions of people into mind-numbed dependent zombies who will never really be alive.
It isn't just the minimum wage--similar things happen with other types of restrictions, such as "prevailing wage" laws which funnel government jobs to union cronies. Just try getting one of those jobs--you'd do it for less, but you can't. They'll only hire from the club at the higher wage.