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KMA-628...okay lets talk about the poverty issue. Well when your only making about $5.15 an hr up from what ever it was 6 years ago you probably aren't going to get out of poverty. These laws are not in place to get people out of poverty because this is the most min. someone could get paid by an employer, so that isn't even a legitmate argument to make about min. wage. Also, okay I have a 3 yr old so yes I know how much daycare costs, but not every place costs $500 a month. There are some that cost much less but I'll agree they are probably not really worth it. Okay, so take out the daycare comment and let me ask so do you think an extra $320 wouldn't help these people make something more than the slave money they are making. I don't think anyone has commented on the fact that it has been more than 6-8 years that we have not raised the min. wage. Prices have gone up considerably since then, so the wage of $5.15 is not comparable to the amount of increase in inflation. Unless I missed it the link you provided does not mentioned how many have kids, let alone kids at day care age. Forget the day care comment, you can't tell me that the extra $320 per week would help the people who are in poverty to save more. Also they could work less hours and be able to go to school at the same time. I just don't understand how people just can't look at the simple fact at how much this would benefit min. wage workers who are at the low end of the spectrum.
Would you rather foot the bill for our own people who are making less than they deserve or foot the bill to help make an oversized budget for our defense department (which is ridiculously huge).
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