Minimum wage has been in slow decline in real terms for 30 years, it's held flat recently, but overall legislators have failed to keep the real minimum wage constant in real terms and that's about all I advocate for in terms of minimum wage increases... Just keep the real minimum wage at about the same level (in real terms) it was when Reagan went into office and I'm happy. Basically all that does is Protect the very poor from the erosion caused via the yearly 2-3% inflation necessary to maintain growth and stability within the economy.