“We’ve already established what you are; now we’re just haggling about the price.”
No, actually “haggling” would be: “I think it should be $16 per hour! No, it should be $18.25!”
When it’s “Minimum wage should be $16 per hour! Well, why not make it $750 per hour???” - that is not haggling. That is somebody trying to shut down the argument by intentionally misrepresenting what minimum wages are all about. Somebody trying to deceive the reader into thinking that minimum wages are just some arbitrary amount plucked out of mid air. Or, just somebody who is not very smart.