Minimum Wage. The Democrats are right, $5.15 for minimum wage is pathetic.
But shouldn't people be allowed to work for that if they so choose?
I think the option that would do the most to boost lower-class incomes would be to make a wage-floor under which people would not be willing to work by providing a dole of about $6/hrX2000hrs per year = $12,000 a year. To lure people away from that sort of deal you'ld need to offer a lot more money. I always say workers that make under $20 an hour should actually be sabotaging their employer.
That said, the area I agree most with the GOP on.. I suppose ideologically taxes, though their position is highly impractical in a democracy.