[2harddrive]

Raise the min wage to WHAT? If such gimmicks really work, why not raise the min wage to $1,000/hour and make EVERYBODY rich?

[JustSurrounded]

I wish we'd get rid of it. Between food stamps and housing assistance and tax credits, we have a system in place to bring households up to a certain income level, regardless of the arbitrary minimum wage. Seems to me all that raising a minimum wage does is shrink opportunities for the entry level part-timer.

I have yet to hear a politician who wants to raise the minimum wage claim that with the new wage, there will be no need for other subsidies. And if that's not the purpose of the minimum wage, what's the point of it? Other than to buy votes?