This is one of the basic economic ideas of the Left: reparations and retribution. And they never, EVER care about the results of their policies.
Emphasis mine:
All the egalitarian rhetoric will not change the simple fact that some workers are less experienced, less productive – and therefore worth less (in wages) than others. This is especially true of the new worker. Forced by law to pay a wage that may be more than the new worker is worth, the druggist hires one stockboy instead of two; the garage owner hires two workers, not four – and hires the highest-skilled ones he can find. – Dr. Walter E. Williams
Doubt me?
Just look at the 10s of thousands of fast food workers that have been fired or laid off simply because California Legislators decided that they can jack up “minimum wages” to the point where the businesses can no longer afford to employ them. These Progressives don’t wish to accept that…
…the real minimum wage is $0.
