[Graybeard58]

Second I will question where the federal government gets the authority to set wages for private entities. I can think of no where in the constitution where this power is delegated to the federal government.

The D.C. city council is doing this, not the federal government:

The district's city council has passed a bill, awaiting signature of Mayor Vincent Gray, specifically targeted to block the company. It raises the district's minimum wage to $12.50 per hour only for stores with more than $1 billion in sales and store size of more the 75,000 square feet.

[Pontiac]

The D.C. city council is doing this, not the federal government:

Yes I am aware of that which is why I put this in my post

First I will question where does a city government get the authority to set wages for private entities. .

The question of where does the federal government get the authority to set wages was an aside to the larger issue of the federal minimum wage. Which is I imagine where the city get’s the stupid idea.