Every min. wage raise hurts everyone. It devalues the dollar.
Minimum wage = $0.00 per hour.
If a prospective employer wishes to pay a stipend for an inexperienced, untrained worker until some economically valuable work product starts to come from that new hire, then that is his prerogative, an incentive for the new employee to strive to learn with all possible alacrity the fundamentals of his or her designated position.
This is “zero-based” wage scale.
EVERYTHING should be set to “zero-base”.
The minimum wage defines something which a dollar is not worth.You are correct.