[Bubba_Leroy]

The “minimum wage” is simply the government prohibiting people from working at jobs that are worth less than an arbitrarily set amount.

[riverdawg]

“The “minimum wage” is simply the government prohibiting people from working at jobs that are worth less than an arbitrarily set amount.”

Or, to put it slightly differently, the minimum wage is simply a government policy prohibiting people from working who are worth less on any job than an arbitrarily set amount.