Quite appalled by most of the comments here.
It's as if everyone assumes that when you have a minimum wage job you got there because you made bad choices in life. Not everyone has the same opportunities as everyone else. Some people can't afford to go to college, and never will because the shitty pay at their minimum wage job will never be enough to save up. Some people aren't capable of accomplishing anything else in their life, even though it is not their fault.
Saying you shouldn't be able to make a living off of a minimum wage job is absolutely ridiculous, that's exactly what you should be able to do. Did I miss the memo where everyone suddenly sides with big corporations and the government?
I'm not saying it should be $15, even though if adjusted with inflation over time that is what it should be at, compared to 60 years ago, but it is absurdly low in the US.
I'm really curious how many of the people here against a minimum wage increase have actually fallen before, have tried crawling out a ditch dug by people around them, nothing to fall back on.







