Democratic politicians make such a huge deal about the minimum wage not because of the poor or trying to help somebody. Minimum wage clauses are built (probably) in every union contract. When the minimum wage goes up, the union wage scale goes up too. Havent you noticed that every time theres a minimum wage boost that theres also a jump in real inflation? Wages go up, more money is chasing the same amount of goods, and goods become relatively scarcer; the price goes up.
The real purpose for increasing the minimum wage is to allow union negotiators more leverage by pointing out that their members are far more qualified than mere minimum wage people.
In other words, minimum wage increases are just a way of increasing the output of the
DEMOCRAT PARTY’S MONEY LAUNDERING SYSTEM.