There's a stealthy new political movement brewing that seeks to raise taxes, create unemployment and drive businesses to failure. It's well organized and well financed, and it's succeeding. It's the national "living wage" movement, whose basis is a philosophy that espouses in reality nothing more than a glorified local minimum wage that's isn't very minimum. The movement gets strong financial support from labor unions, liberal organizations (such as the Ford Foundation and the Tides Foundation) and social-activism groups. Advocates of a living wage have been unsuccessful getting states to increase minimum wages, so they've focused their powerhouse strategies on cities,...