Right - but only if the wages DO rise. The minimum wage in NJ is now $12, and will gradually increase to $15. It is clear this was planned.
Their clever plan is gonna get bit by automation. Minwage jobs are ripe for replacing with solutions that don’t fail to show up, give bad attitudes, want benefits, or otherwise feel entitled. While waiting for inflation to do the dirty work of Progressivism, capitalism will follow the inevitable path of supply-and-demand.