The rich don't realize the well-being of the underclasses matters significantly in a good economy and not just CEOs and elites

Worked for Gavin

Ok, I do see a problem with paying $15-20/hour for something like making a crappy fast food burger but I've also realized that many European countries like Denmark have fast food workers paid something like $15-20/hour and there isn't a lot of complaints from business owners claiming to have to lay off their staff due to not being able to afford to pay them all a $20 minimum wage. Denmark doesn't even have minimum wage laws, it's basically all labor union negotiations that have fast food workers being paid such high wages.

Apples and oranges

All employees working in the public sector in Denmark and 73 percent of employees working in private sector are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, giving Denmark one of the highest levels of trade union participation in Europe.

Which is why Denmark sounds like quite a good place to be a worker. America unfortunately doesn't have anywhere near as much power for labor unions as much as any European country, that's because America has laws that undermine unions and allow employers to fire workers just for being union members. Many such laws are typically legislated by Republicans. Back in the day, Republicans such as Dwight D. Eisenhower were not like that, they were pro-labor union, even Richard Nixon was and his campaign made him viewed as a man who appeals to all sorts of voters including working families and blue collar workers. And he was some commie radical, his opponent George McGovern was the commie radical who basically only appealed to the far-left fringe of them Democrat party. I think labor unions are a better way for employees to get better pay from their employers and can even be backed from a pro-free market view. One time the European Union tried to legislate a minimum wage law that would require every country to obey and Scandinavian countries like Denmark opposed it, and for every good reason in my view for such countries already have everyone being paid a decent wage without minimum wage laws but labor unions which already are working well even better than minimum wage laws.