Yes, it's not a personal attack by either of us. We just have extremely different viewpoints on the matter.
The minimum wage violates one of the Ten Commandments because it is nothing more than theft. Coercing me to pay a minimum sum to a worker is simply stealing. And it's immoral because a contrived wage set by the government takes away liberty, not only that of the employer but of the employee as well. The false bottom of the minimum wage prohibits the two parties from agreeing on a correct, marketplace-driven amount for the labor.
Explore further the background of the evil woman who crafted the minimum wage during the corrupt FDR administration and you'll appreciate why I despise her so much and her programs. Frances Perkins not only was the monstrous woman behind the minimum wage but she also gave unprecedented power to union criminals. Plus she was the "brains" behind the socialist scheme known as Social Security. I don't say this lightly. Frances Perkins was among the five most evil women of the entire 20th Century. So much of what's wrong with America can be traced back to her.
Okay, now I am just being funny. I did read the rest of your post. I just have to ask, in good humor mind you, is one of the Ten Commandments really Thou shalt not raise the minimum wage?
Obviously the point you are making is that you consider the minimum wage stealing. That's an argument I don't accept. Moses did not come down the mountain with a mountain of legal documents. As I remember I handed him but two stone tablets.
FReepRegards to you and thanks for taking this in good fun.