From today's WSJ, Prof Macurdy shows that raising the min wage is really a tax on the poor, not a benefit to them. Among supprising findings, min wage workers exist across the household income spectrum. So Dad is a lawyer, mom is a dental tech and junior works min wage at Mickey D's. That's just as often as any other scenario. The crux here is higher min wages create higher prices, and since those higher prices disproportiantely affect the poor it is a tax on them, while min wage is spread evenly through the socio economic strata. Of course the Dims wont get this and will claim...well, you'll see.
Thomas MaCurdy The Minimum-Wage Stealth Tax on the Poor - WSJ
Thomas MaCurdy The Minimum-Wage Stealth Tax on the Poor - WSJ