"Go after the employers and we'll be paying 15 bucks for a head of lettuce. I'll go along with your idea after we eliminate minimum wage laws"
Why not pay more for lettuce? You are paying more for Big Oil Gasoline.
I'm paying the same for gas today that I was paying 30 years ago (in constant dollars). I'm also paying less for gas than nearly any place else in the world (outside the middle east). I don't want to pay $15 for a head of lettuce just so I can savor the fact that it was picked by an American. But then, I'm a capitalist.