There is a logical argument to having a higher minimum wage, but that is not the argument being used by the left; it’s payola.
There’s no point in having any minimum wage debate (other than stopping this BS based on lies) without ceasing the problem that created the wage gap in the first place: Government-based hyperbolic GDP & low-inflation statistics and defective fiscal policies that don’t even use accepted accounting methods.
If the government audited itself with the same ‘vim & vigor’ applied to any private business, it would shut itelf down.
If someone tries to explain that to a liberal, please post the link to the video. I’d love to see their head explode
The reason for the minimum wage hike push is simple:
Federal, state and local governments refuse to do anything about the bloated wages and pensions that they gave to their .gov unions over the last 20-30 years.
The rest of the private sector peasantry have had to live with no wage hikes for the last decade or so, due to deflationary pressures. Not so for the .gov buccaneers.
Now, the wage gap is becoming noticeable, and the government pirates need to hide it with a minimum wage hike, otherwise the private sector peasants will notice that they're working for $12 bucks an hour while Joe .Gov Retiree is living large on $25 bucks an hour with full medical on YOU, after he retires at 53 years old.