[Benman]

If a local government (as opposed to the federal government) elects councilmembers who choose to enact a minimum/living wage, then in fact that's a conservative result. The government closest to the people enacts the policies they want to. If that puts that city at an economic disadvantage, then people will move/take jobs at the city down the road. Surely the opponents of the minimum/living wage aren't saying that local governments should lack the power to enact the policies they see fit, are they? That'd be big government that they purportedly find anathema.