The arguement I see a lot supporting higher minimum wage that really pisses me off is, “How is a family of 4 supposed to live on $5.15 an hour.”
Wait, who told you to have two kids when you’re working at minimum wage? And why is it societies responsibility to make sure that no matter how unskilled you are you can afford to have two kids?
The fact is with one or two parents making 5.15, or 7.25, you’re not going to give 2 kids much of a life in most places in this country. Be responsible and hold of having those kids until you can actually afford them.
I’m not saying I’m against raising the minimum wage, because like I said, I haven’t seen enough good unskewed data to form an opinion, but I will take issue with anyone using the support a family arguement.