> Automation was always going to be involved sooner or later. This would just increase the rate of adoption.

The rate of adoption is actually something that matters. If you automate too early you lose money as a business. Also, the minimum wage not only changes the rate of automation but also the things that are automated; namely work that was previously performed by low skilled workers.

> And as for work worth less than minimum, then yeah maybe it's not worth doing by a human anyway.

What a great insight. Tell the people without jobs that it's not worth for them to work at $14,99 and instead to rely on government handouts for the rest of their lives. For many people an entry level job at low pay was how they started their career.