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That's not corrosive at all. If anything, it's the kind of thinking that leads to recognizing one's worth. No person should stay in a job in which he is of the view the he is not commensurately compensated. Nor should he wait for some vague future in which that might the case "eventually". This was the point of raising the minimum wage in the first place. Why would you think it just stops there?

In many ways he is losing out. Rent for example increases with ability to pay (in NZ at least), so if govt raised welfare payments and min wage, his rent could go up without seeing a wage increase.

I do think it's OP fault for not taking action though, not the govt. It's like my dad who has complained he is underpaid for the past 10 years yet still doesn't switch job..

His income will continue to rise but so will cries for progressive taxation on income or assets. It's a never ending story of jealousy and wealth inequality.