My daddy, a person I considered to be a very wise man, always told me that I was only worth what someone would pay me. Am sure he is turning over in his grave at what is going on in the work world today.
Given that the vast majority of those in Congress, as well as politicians in all other areas, have never had to meet a payroll they are the last people in the world who should have a say about what people should be paid.
Pay mandates are simply price controls. We should just as incensed at “minimum wages” as we would be if the government told us that we must charge $XXX for every product in our store.