The Labour party's goal is to raise it to $15, and the Maori party has $16 as its goal. Chis Rock : "You know what that means when someone pays you minimum wage? You know what your boss was trying to say? It's like, 'Hey if I could pay you less, I would, but it's against the law.' "
I was going to say it only benefits the poor, but then I thought about it - it also benefits everyone that the poor spend their money on; it's like a stimulus package for a consumer-driven economy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_wages_by_countr...
IMHO something that might have a similar effect would be to increase the fines and the prosecution of employers that hire workers that aren't here legally. The illegal immigration debate focuses too much on those here illegally, and not nearly enough on those paying them to come here. Mitt Romney is a buggy program.Romney has said he supports pegging minimum wage to inflation, but recently backtracked, and he now opposes an increase.
