Papantonio: Neocon Crazies Blind To Minimum Wage Truths

[BethanyQuartz]

1. Nice fact set I got out of this

* If the minimum wage had kept up with inflation it would be $16 an hour.
* Most people who work for minimum wage work for companies with over 100 employees.
* Many of those companies are mega-corporations such as Walmart that don't want to pay a living wage.
* %80 of people working for minimum wage are adults, not teenagers and part-time college students.
* The majority are women. Many have children and are living below the poverty line even when they get full-time hours.
* Even when families have two adult full-time workers in the home making minimum wage it is still not enough.
* Increasing the minimum wage would improve our economy.