A minimum wage raise to 10-12 dollars I can get behind. If you take a Dave Ramsey course and learn how to manage that new found fortune we wouldn't have to have these conversation about how people can't live on this wage. Well you can if you understand how to actually rein in your budget so you can progress up the ladder. I have seen single moms (my sister) who paid off a brick home and put her kids through college. She has a nest egg built up to retire on because she read a Dave Ramsey book and changed her life.
I have also knows millionaires who don't have a pot to piss in. There is a big difference between having money and spending it wisely
My wife and I do the Dave Ramsey envelope thing. It’s amazing.