> Not caring what politicians say is asinine, since its politicians who ultimately write the laws. You missed my point. I'm saying we shouldn't write laws with

> Not caring what politicians say is asinine, since its politicians who ultimately write the laws. You missed my point. I'm saying we shouldn't write laws with the goal of changing what politicians say. > references some federal metrics that incorporate the MW as an input You are misunderstanding that report. It's discussing potential ways to index the federal minimum wage to inflation. All those metrics do not include the minimum wage as an input