The Church agrees private property is the best to allocate and distribute resources. But it also teaches Christians must give to someone in need. One must always serve God, not Mammon. We can afford to pay who those work for a living a wage sufficient to support themselves and their families. Its really about priorities.
But is the government in need? After the government takes its “share,” will most people have anything left to give to the poor?
Does it teach that government should give in their place after taking their "private property" under threat of prison?
In other words, if I take $20 from your wallet by force and give it to a poor person, have you committed a moral act?
The Church [and you, apparently] confuse forced income redistribution with charity. I'm sure Planned Parenthood would disagree with me, though.
It is inappropriate to raise the minimum wage to the point of supporting a family, when many jobs are considered entry-level and are suitable for teenagers still living at home, but needing to learn work skills. If they have to wait to get expensive but scarce jobs when they are fully adult, they will miss out on a lot of learning.
The trouble is that kids want to drop out of school, raise ruckus in the classroom and not pay attention to learning anything, then get a job flipping burgers or running a broom and expect a low-skill job to provide for your baby mamma, your manicures or your weed. Raising the minimum wage will just push us farther down the road to the world owing you a living. That's not what the Bible says, at all, in one parable after another. it also commands us to avoid covetousness.
You’d fit right in at 20th Century Motor Company, after the passing of Jed Starnes.