So, AOC and her merry band of socialists want to triple the minimum wage to $25 an hour? Sounds great...if you're living in Fantasyland. In the real world, this is a surefire way to obliterate small businesses faster than you can say "Green New Deal." Remember when they said inflation was 'transitory'? Good times.

Look, the current federal minimum wage is $7.25. Been that way since '09. And sure, a lot of folks are struggling. But the solution isn't just to magically make everyone rich with Monopoly money. That's not how economics works, kids. Unless you're printing trillions with no back up - then it works great!

These geniuses think businesses are just sitting on piles of cash, Scrooge McDuck style. Newsflash: most small businesses are running on fumes. This $25 wage hike will force them to either jack up prices (hello, $15 cheeseburgers!), slash jobs (goodbye, entry-level gigs), or just close up shop (RIP, your local diner).

And don't even get me started on the 'one-size-fits-all' approach. $25 might fly in Manhattan, where you pay $3000 a month for a closet. But in, say, rural Georgia? That's a death sentence for businesses already scraping by. They might as well just automate everything. Good bye jobs!

Some Manhattan Institute egghead, Santiago Vidal Calvo, gets it. He said it's Econ 101: wages go up, prices go up, or jobs go away. But AOC and her squad aren't exactly known for their economic prowess, are they? They're more about virtue signaling and Instagram likes. What's economics compared to the 'gram?

But hey, at least the robots will be happy. Because let's be real, this is going to accelerate automation faster than you can say "supply chain crisis." Why pay a human $25 an hour when you can buy a robot that never complains and doesn't need bathroom breaks?

And let's not forget the inflation angle. Artificially inflating wages just means everything else gets more expensive. Your rent, your groceries, your gas – it all goes up. So, congrats, you're making more money...that's worth less. They'll be doing drive-bys looking for bread crusts!

So, thanks, AOC, for 'helping' the working class by ensuring fewer of them have jobs and everything costs more. You're a real hero. This is all going to turn out great! It's never gone wrong before, so no need to worry. What could possibly go wrong?