I oppose this bill. I request my Senators do the same.
I don't think the minimum wage needs to be raised to such a level, or at all for that matter. Very few people are actually paid at the current minimum level anyways, not to mention that over half of them are teenagers, and fewer still stay at that low for long(about 2/3 rise above it in their first year).
I believe that 16% of the entire workforce is below the $7.15 level, at least in Michigan (Michigan is proposing raising its minimum wage by this same amount, and I remember seeing that statistic in the papers).
And how much of that 16% consists of teenagers who live with their parents?
Raising the minimum wage will ultimately do very little to help the poor. Read
this.
EDIT - ^ you read it too Gabu.
