That's deliberately disingenuous. We've had a minimum wage in the US for decades. It hasn't tracked worker productivity in years (if it did, it would be over $2

That's deliberately disingenuous. We've had a minimum wage in the US for decades. It hasn't tracked worker productivity in years (if it did, it would be over $21 and hour). When we allow the minimum wage to stagnate, we indeed make a national decision to absorb the impact with federal programs.