So $15 starting and then you peg that to inflation. I think that's what helps. So that way, eventually what you do have is a working person being able to catch up. The problem that we've had is we've had the same minimum wage now for nearly 20 years. Right. And costs, of course, have gone up. And at the same time, productivity has gone up, profits have gone up, but the people that are working are not getting any of those benefits. (14:46–14:52)
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