See, I’m ambivalent on higher minimum wage. The minimum-wage jobs should be entry level jobs. If we want to lift people working those jobs up, we should provide opportunities for them to progress beyond those jobs. i.e. heavily subsidized career and secondary education. Flipping burgers at Mickey Dee’s should be something that students do part-time, not something that you need to support a family doing.

And I’m also not seeing a similar level of concern for middle-class conditions. They might be paid a living wage, but part of a living wage should include adequate time to spend with family and away from work concerns.