For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels.

I want to create an economy where minimum wage is a very brief stepping stone to higher-paying jobs so people can realize their dreams.

When I was young, I had minimum wage jobs as a busboy, flipping burgers and parking cars.

A minimum wage leads to higher levels of unemployment.

Unfortunately, the real minimum wage is always zero, regardless of the laws, and that is the wage that many workers receive in the wake of the creation or escalation of a government-mandated minimum wage, because they lose their jobs or fail to find jobs when they enter the labor force. Making it illegal to pay less than a given amount does not make a worker’s productivity worth that amount—and, if it is not, that worker is unlikely to be employed.

The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.