We need a living wage for most workers!

Why all of this attention is being paid to a minimum wage I have not figured out yet. Who wants to work for some totalitarian employer for a minimum wage? We need a living wage, and if the so called minimum wage had been tied to inflation since 1970, that wage would now be over $21.00 an hour. This minimum wage stuff is the downfall of the middle class and the destruction of the already poor and homeless. It is all about making more money for our totalitarian ruling class!