This headline explains exactly why that minimum wage increase is being pushed: out overlords know with limitless braceros from south of the border and limitless white-collar workers in Asia, their only use for American worker bees is to serve them...literally.
The only people I know who still shop, eat out, and drink like it is the 1980s are people with no children (and often, therefore, no mortgage); many Americans are making the same choice that killed Europe - and we’re reaping the exact same fate.
If we raise the minimum wage enough, we can eliminate all poverty because everyone will be making a living wage! [/sarc]