>In other words, if fifteen dollars an hour makes it a little easier for a McDonalds worker to survive, that’s great. But if it leads to some of those jobs disa

>In other words, if fifteen dollars an hour makes it a little easier for a McDonalds worker to survive, that’s great. But if it leads to some of those jobs disappearing entirely, then that forces us to confront an even bigger and more important question. >Namely, how do we separate the idea of providing everyone with a decent standard of living from the idea of getting everyone a “job”? I’ve argued before that job creation is a hole that we should stop digging. "Forces us to confront"? No it doesn't. More people will be unemployed, but it wont be enough people to change the political picture.