Is this essay against liberals or elites? It seems to be using the terms interchangeably; a mark not of objectivity but propaganda. What are the non-liberal elites doing in the meantime?

Liberals despise the poor

This is going to be a really, really hard position to defend. The vast majority of liberals built their worldview by being poor themselves at some point in life, and/or direct experience with the lower economic quintiles. The wealthier and more successful people become, the more likely they are to switch to a conservative point of view; look at the stereotype of young hippie turned middle aged yuppie.

Liberal's contempt for the poor sees them believe the poor to be too stupid for their own good

Can you cite examples and name any names of liberals expressing contempt for "the poor?"

coax these "filthy stupids" into voting Dem

disenfranchised enough to keep voting Democrat

Again, do you have any direct experience with welfare and minimum wage earning populations? I've worked over 25 years in blue collar neighborhoods, and voted in the polling places there as well. If you think these populations are even political, much less a reliable voting bloc, you're imagining things. You don't see the destitute, the welfare collectors, and except in time-synchronized bursts the minimum wage earners in their fast food or warehouse uniforms in the polling places on election day. It's mostly retirees, management level employed and above, and churchy-looking housewives, every election I've been through over the decades. There are no busloads of suspicious voters, no lines of welfare collectors clutching sample ballots, and absolutely nobody in the greater 'hood being paid or incentivized to vote.

Why the animosity toward the minimum wage, anyway? Who does the argument against serve, anyway? You? As it stands, inflation has made the current minimum wage amount to below the poverty line in most regions. Does it make sense to you that a person working full time 40 hours a week earns less than the basic cost of living?

My business serves a higher-end niche; my customers aren't minimum wage earners. However, many of my customers' customers are, so when food and housing costs a large and growing segment of the workforce more than their paycheck every month, it affects my bottom line, and the other small businesses in the community according to members of our local merchants group.

Follow the money: Who directly benefits financially in the long term from a frozen or eliminated minimum wage? Mostly large-scale employers, a demographic not known for its liberal voting patterns.