there's also the very large fringe group of undocumented and illegal immigrants who would take on any job at many times below minimum wage. any labor law doesn't apply to them as they are shinobis and ninjas working in the shadows in the underground economy. private employers in cities where minimum wage is enacted are turning to this very large pool of labor, and have been doing it with a surging economy. i pay my gardener $69 to mow my lawn, and he and his wife will do it in 23 minutes - more than minimum wage even for 2. if i pick up an amigo who waits for hours at the parking lot of the nearest home depot for hourly jobs he would come with me for $6.9 an hour. i hand him my grass trimmer, leaf blower, and hedge cutter he can finish the yard work in 1 hour. meanwhile i use dirty minutes, oops 30 minutes out of that hour i save, for my haircut with miss saigon plus a gratuitous neck and head massage and cursory hydrotherapy with no happy ending. and i would pay her $11 as advertised plus tip of $2. she gets paid more than minimum wage but her advertised $11 per haircut plus tips will not cover her rent, utilities, water, supplies, shampoo, towels, sharpening cost of scissors. she needs to charge $23 per cut or hope for more aunties who need $69 styling and dyeing to make a profit. very market driven you see. if she increases cut fee to $23, all men who enjoys miss saigon, her sexy figure and dainty fingers (but not her voice and language) will bail and jump over to miss tijuana who is uncertified and undocumented but gives a decent haircut for $6.9 from her old thrice-pre-owned ford expedition. with cat and mouse and illegals the market, under or over, will sought itself out, and minimum wage will get bypassed and becum irrelevant.