I'm fine with a higher minimum wage, but if you have to worry about what the minimum wage is, you're already in trouble. In a healthy market for anything, that

I'm fine with a higher minimum wage, but if you have to worry about what the minimum wage is, you're already in trouble. In a healthy market for anything, that thing is not sold for the absolute minimum that can possibly cover costs. Labor should be valued at more than the government-mandated minimum wage. Not least because when there's a competition for labor, employers care more about working conditions and whether their middle managers are jerks or not. Healthcare and child care (including education that is not done via video) do seem like things we need to be universally available. It's odd to me that we make healthcare your employer's responsibility to provide.