Yes, I am making a reasoned estimate with the 2-3 times income example. Don't latch onto that.

So it's alright for you to make assumptions (this time called an "estimate" to make the double standard less clear), but it's not alright for me?

When an employer right now says, "The minimum I can pay you is $7.25," the employee isn't going to say, "Oh, nevermind then, I'll just go continue eating out of your dumpster." That's a ludicrous assessment.

Good thing I haven't made that assessment then, isn't it? Could you please refrain from putting words in my mouth?

But the point is that without a minimum wage set, the employer could say: "Well, since you have no skills whatsoever, I'm afraid you're not going to be productive enough for $7.25/h, but you could start by doing <X> for $5.00/h if that's alright, and after you've gained some experience we can bump you up to $9/h"

But with a minimum wage set at $7.25, that can't happen, and that's how a minimum wage prices some people out of jobs that would otherwise happen. Do you get it? Do you also understand that the higher a minimum wage is set, the more people will be priced out of potential jobs in the same way?

And companies do not hire fewer people due to minimum wage increases. That's another false scare tactic by the ultra-rich.

Seriously. Do you understand what I've explained here? I've been kind of repeating myself, hoping that it would sink in.