My own father, who is more conservative than I am, actually believed in a minimum wage — not necessarily some $15-dollar-an-hour advocated-by-the-automation-industry-lobbying-group wage — but something representing people’s dignity in work. He figured the federal government would have the authority under the Constitution’s weights and measures clause (Article I, Section 8).
I can still understand what this author’s saying, though. Can people tell me that some of the CEO’s, making millions upon millions, are actually worth what they’re paid, given how they run their companies? Look at Ken Lay (scam artist) or Bill Gates (preferring forgeign VISA workers over Americans). He also has a point, regarding Henry Ford — companies can do well paying their workers enough to buy their products, when they can.
My father WAS more conservative than I am. He passed in 2017.