I've always thought that Minimum Wages were a bit of a red herring anyway. The problem with using things like Minimum Wage to address this is that it doesn't really actually help. What tends to happen is that hey, if Person A was getting $12 and is now getting $15 and Person B was already making $15, Person B tends not to stay at $15. They'll argue that they should go to $18 and on and on. So, what happens is that when things wash out, relatively speaking everyone is kind of where they were before because pricing of goods now has to reflect the new cost of labor.
At that point, some other politician will then say, no, the minimum wage now needs to go to $18 and the cycle will continue, wash, rinse, repeat...
The problem that I see with a $15 per hour national minimum wage is its going to effect the cost of all goods. I don't know about you but I don't want to pay $15 for an ice cream cone (just one example). Most of the jobs that will benefit positively are work entry positions, they are not meant to be a career. I also don't think employers are going to want to bump everyone up the line to keep things all equal. I'm sure I will get flamed for my opinion but it is what it is.
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