The latest convert to pulling the U.S. teeth is Charles Rangel of New York, who was seduced by last week's legislation to benefit African workers at the expense of Chinese laborers in sweatshops at slavewages.
The defense of the minimum wage can, on its face, appear compelling, even emotionally urgent: Everyone deserves a wage they can live on, and that without the backing of the US government, the poor will be powerless to turn down what are effectively slavewages.