Don't read too much into my comment. Your argumentation was based on the the fact that inflation only occurs when you add monetary mass. I just pointed that tha

Don't read too much into my comment. Your argumentation was based on the the fact that inflation only occurs when you add monetary mass. I just pointed that that's a naive view. Contrary to your statement, you can legislate inflation into existence by creating conditions for increased money flow. I did not say anything about the benefits of increasing minimum wage. In general it is known that the absence of minimum wage creates unsustainable imbalances of income society-wide. However, I don't know the US economy well enough for an informed opinion. Your current imbalance of income is huge, but that's only one data point.