You haven’t answered my question. You just keep going off on “Republicans” and various & sundry boogymen.
What gives the government (apparently at your behest) the right to force me to pay more for any product?
Because, whether you like it or not, when you look for a job you are selling your labor & skills to the employer. It’s a contractual relationship. More skills, more money.
re: “What gives the government (apparently at your behest) the right to force me to pay more for any product?”
centra_va lacks any argument on this point; we reach “NPC” (blue-screen/automaton overload) territory with queries in that area of discussion.
Since the labor market in the USA has been artificially manipulated to mollify the corporate/small business class the point you are making is moot. The Constitution does not prohibit a floor on wages.