Quote:And what about supporting a family of 6 on $7.25/hour.  Is that somehow easier?  An extra $5000/year goes a long ways, especially for the people who are the worst off.  Even an extra $4000/year goes a long way.  


You can't raise a family of 6 of $10.18/hour, nobody is saying that you can.  But you can't even raise a family of 2 on $7.25/hour. 


It hasn't been keeping up with inflation since 1978.  The minimum wage in 1968 was $1.60 which would be comparable to $10.90/hour today.