Raise the minimum wage

The minimum wage sets an earning threshold under which our society is not willing to let families slip but it fails to approximate the basic expenses of families in 2014. Consequently, many working adults must seek public assistance and/or hold multiple jobs in order to afford to feed, clothe, house, and provide medical care for themselves and their families. The minimum wage does not provide a living wage for most American families. A typical family of four (two working adults, two children) needs to work more than 3 full-time minimum-wage jobs (a 68-hour work week per working adult or 9.71 hours a day/7 days a week) to earn a living wage. Raising the minimum wage will certainly reduce low income people dependency on public assistance and therefore reduce the deficit. $ 8.00 : UNREALISTIC