No. Paying someone the minimum wage sends the message "If I could pay you less, I would". Legal minimum wage establishes a limit on how evil people are allowe

No. Paying someone the minimum wage sends the message "If I could pay you less, I would". Legal minimum wage establishes a limit on how evil people are allowed to be to each other. And working for minimum wage sends the message "I still believe I can work my way out of this". In my opinion -- if you don't have enough money for a tip, you don't have enough money to eat at a restaurant -- and if you don't have enough to pay a living wage for every job at your company -- you don't have enough money to hire anybody. Minimum wage laws are meant to prevent employers from exploiting the vulnerable. She had the perfect target in her gunsights.