Regarding: "These industries have been fighting increases in the minimum wage, but losing a huge chunk of their workforce will force them to pay a lot more than the Democrats ever proposed. "
- This is a very good article.
- Losing a lot of workers uncovers wage injustice.
- One way to to redistribute wealth is to pay people a salary with benefits so that they can support a family of at least 5 in reasonable comfort -- that is, for instance, the source of the next meal is not a daily mystery.
- The wealthy, especially business owners and high end managers, use their bonuses & salaries as proxies for high levels of innovation and productivity. This is misleading. Their wealth, in the current economic circumstances, only shows that these owners and managers have managed to siphon off wages of the worker for their own benefit.  In short, over compensated managers, and owners are creating an stasis where only their own wealth is important, and innovation and productivity are much reduced.