People are fixated on $15 because for decades they have seen no increase in the nominal wage for 10 years and no real increase for 50. So, they are more suscept

People are fixated on $15 because for decades they have seen no increase in the nominal wage for 10 years and no real increase for 50. So, they are more susceptible to the demagoguery of a Bernie Sanders who shouts "$15! $15!" than they would have been if they had been treated with humanity and dignity for the previous 2 generations.