The minimum wage act I proposed was more satirical, if you will, then something I actually want to see enacted. I mainly proposed it, as even though our dear friend Winfield had already resigned since then, I had more of a mindset of "evening the score" in terms of bills introduced. While I support higher wages, and better living standards for all atlasians, it is also not my intent to see business owners go bankrupt, or to see fewer jobs than ever before. But while it was partially satirical, I did also introduce it in order to hopefully start a national discussion about minimum wage. While $25/hour is obviously far too high given current economics, my bill did in fact start a bit of a discussion, and I'm hoping we can turn that talk into: "what is a good, starting living wage to pay our workers?"
