Fayceless on 02 July 2014
Stop treating this issue as an issue of individual merit.
One person can get a degree. That person can lean a skill, earn a promotion, or find some other way to become successful.
Millions of people cannot simultaneously pull themselves out of low-wage jobs, because there is a limited number of better jobs available. The job market, as it stands today, favors low-paying work. Fast food is the fastest growing industry in the country. While, if you look at each worker individually, they can often get out of minimum wage, we as a nation are stuck with a lot of low-wage workers for the foreseeable future.
Raising minimum wage won't solve the underlying problems with our economy, but it must be addressed.
