The fact that the economy would implode apparently not a concern.

MICHAEL ERIC DYSON: This income-disparity chart says it all. The same expert explained that if the minimum wage kept pace with incomes going to the top 1%, the minimum wage would actually have risen to $33 an hour before the great recession. Senator Warren was not calling on the minimum wage be raised to $22 an hour–though wouldn’t that be great? She was however illustrating the unconscionable disparity between the current minimum wage and the ideal merit-based minimum wage.