The argument for no minimum wage is logical, compelling, clear, and well developed.
It is also political suicide.
This battle was lost 75 years ago, and it is not going to be won in a general election campaign by libertarian nerds quoting logical arguments.
The minimum wage is a price any candidate has to pay to be allowed to govern. It’s that simple.
Jim there needs to be a mandated floor on wages since we have no border with an overpopulated third world country. It is politically and socially illogical to not have minimum wage.
The argument is not about a minimum wage. Every state has a minimum wage. The argument is about a centrally planned minimum wage pegged at 15 bucks an hour that kills entry level jobs, encourages more automation, discourages Mom and Pop businesses and makes the big government types supporting it feel good.
This. Pick your battles. Trump can win on guns, closing the borders, an America first foreign policy and tariffs. He doesn't need to drag up every loser issue from the Taft campaign.