[hinckley buzzard]

Simple supply and demand. If you raise the price of something, demand will go down and less will be bought. That includes labor. The social engineers either don't understand this, or they think they are smart enough to know how elastic the price of labor is-- but they are not. That will be determined by the buyers (employers), thank you.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Fire everyone except your best employee and go buffet.