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CMV: The US minimum wage should not be raised to $15/hour.

So maybe an economists or someone can help me see the logic behind $15 minimum wage. I understand that the current min. wage is not enough to live on. I get that, but if you raise the min. wage then you greatly increase inflation and in a few years we'll be paying $8 for a gallon of milk etc.
Most of the time min. wage is for unskilled labor that by definition almost anyone can do. I am not hating against the min. wage workers, but McDonald's could replace cashier jobs with machines if wages became that much.
I know we have a low min. wage, but at least we don't pay 22% sales tax (like Italy). They pay over $6 a gallon for gas there as well. Someone please help me understand this argument in a way that takes massive inflation into account. Thank you!
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Places that have raised the min wage saw a small increase in inflation, but it was far less than the amount that min wage was raised. 

The cost to produce milk didn't go up. If milk got too high people would simply stop buying it. And then those prices would have to fall to find people willing to buy. 

Min. wage really hasn't kept up with the state of inflation.