Serious Question to anyone who works in retail

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Min. wage as it is right now is certainly not a livable wage.

It's not intended to be. The far majority of people making minimum wage are not working as a head of household or to support a family, they're usually kids. Increasing it so these kids make more money is only going to result in the company hiring fewer of them, or paying the rest of their employees less since the Government is costing them more for lower-priority, nonessential workers.