My Team is colder than a 2 am snowbath in January . goes off to cry in corner <| sep |> Two brothers . in a van . <| sep |> Speaking as a Canadian in which minimum wage inflation has more than doubled in my working career this shit makes no one richer . It just squeezes the middle and makes them poorer . There was a time when the offset between a change in minimum wage and the price of good would be separated and take months or years to match . This isn ' t the case in the modern world . Only things which have locked payments such as loans , rental agreements and mortgages which are reviewed commonly on annual or longer term contacts are not effected . Within 30 days every restaurant , grocery store and gas station raises prices to meet the new wage floor . Pricing in the economy are based on what the market can bare not the number on the price tag . Often what the market can bare is determined by the lowest common denominator in this case the subsidized under class welfare , food stamps , etc or the working poor . Every time minimum wage has gone up in my life time within a few weeks the benefits of which have been reflected in the new prices .