This has long-term consequences — minimum-wage jobs are often the first rung of the employment ladder, leading to work habits and better jobs. Congress basically pulled the ladder up beyond manys’ grasp.
Because I know how much my commenters love posts like this…
Though actually, I prefer the phrase “glacial advance” to “ice age,” because we never really left the ice age. We’re just in a (brief — it’s only been a few thousand years) interglacial. The earth has been cool for a long time.