Let's raise the minimum wage. Someone working 50 hours a week shouldn't be living in poverty. That's not right.
An increased minimum wage will also very likely lead to a direct increase in spending, helping us climb out of the recession.
If you are concerned about small businesses not being able to afford the wage increase, I ask you to think more than 3 months into the future, when people can afford to spend more on goods and services, allowing these same small businesses to thrive. If you are concerned about CEOs not being able to afford to give themselves million-dollar bonuses, well, like it or not, that will continue as well because when the economy prospers, the "fat cats" will too. Unless they created the Snuggie, b/c I think people are realizing it's just a backwards robe.