Quote Originally Posted by cyber-sibes
I think this is so depressing. Minimum wage jobs were never meant to be enough income to raise a family on. Minimum wage jobs are "starting jobs" for people just entering the job market, like high school kids, casual labor, and jobs that require no skills. With raising it so high, it's just going to push prices through the roof. You know who'll pay the actual increase is the consumer.
Interviews with businesses that hire a lot of high school & college students say that for them, it will mean they hire far fewer workers. What good will that do the job market?
If they're doing it in Canada, we in the US will be watching to see how it goes. Good luck.

I agree. It really does more harm than good.