To make $19.00 per hour be the minimum wage

I was watching Senator Enzi talking about A packer @ A store,saying he wished the government would do something.Truth be known if that that man was making 9.00 or 10.00 dollars an hour he was lucky working hard for his days work manual labor,Well as I see it this person and any other person should be making @ least $19.00 an hour at the cost of food and energy raise if goes up.now this is if this person dont have family,Take for instance lets say this is md this person had to drive 20 to 30 miles @ A cost of $3.25 A gallon lets say this person cannot afford cost efficient car this means like my vehical gets about 20 miles to the gallon. being it is winter that car needs A full tank of gas thats anywhere between 60 to 70 dollars.This person is already in the hole, thats not food for the day