> the minimum living wage should be three times the cost of a mid-tier one-bedroom apartment. I would argue very-low-tier even if I were taking your position,

> the minimum living wage should be three times the cost of a mid-tier one-bedroom apartment. I would argue very-low-tier even if I were taking your position, or even low tier with roommates > Should a job that does not pay enough for someone to live be allowed to exist? I don't know, probably. For local service jobs like janitors, demand is inflexible, and they'd probably end up just getting higher pay. I worry about what happens to any job that could be done for cheap, remotely, in a foreign country. Manufacturing already happened this way, and with a high enough minimum it would happen to landscape architects, middle managers, accountants, etc. In the absurd case it could be cheaper to ship overseas your HVAC or even your car for repairs, instead of paying a mechanic. It could be cheaper to telephone a foreign doctor, food costs could be dwarfed by labor costs to the point that fast food is luxury, it could be cheaper to ship your dog across the border to go to a vet. It seems like we'd be putting a whole lot of people out of jobs and business, with their customers going remotely to a sweat shop. Now if we pair the minimum wage increase with suitable tariffs so that people aren't shipping their cars for repairs, sure, but that is never brought up.