"They'll just raise prices if thy raise the minimum wage."

[Rampant.A.I.]

Oh no! You mean the employers will have to pay people a fair exchange for labor?!

Why do you think individuals are incapable of negotiating a fair wage?

Because the introductory job industry is sewn up by the fast food industry and places like Walmart, who refuse to pay their employees a living wage, and have them cash a McWelfare check because they don't pay enough for employees to live off even full time.

I'm having Déjà Vu, didn't we already go over this?

In places like California, we have so much illegal labor willing to work for in some cases, below minimum, that companies are willing to hire them for the jobs high school and college kids used to occupy, and have run the pay for skilled labor industries like construction and transport into the ground.

They lower overhead for the company because they don't expect health care benefits or pay taxes, and the employer gets to excuse hiring illegal labor due to the hostile tax and insurance environment of running a buisiness in California.

Nationwide, companies are outsourcing to save a few dollars. Have you called Microsoft tech support, or any call center for a major company lately?

They're all overseas. Millions of jobs no longer exist, because companies don't want to pay a fair wage. They look for the cheapest possible labor, and then collect tax write offs for doing it.

The last apartment complex I lived in pushed hundreds of residents out to transition to "low income housing," or government subsidized housing. Most of the people living there were already "low income," but the state works night and day making sure cheap labor is available to run large companies for the rich, so they don't have to pay a living wage.