Minimum Wage

The Democrats feel they have stumbled onto a perfect wedge issue to get voters back on their side. Back to the basics; raise the minimum wage.

You would think they would know, the minimum wage doesn't matter and one that is too high will be counterproductive. The number of people that actually make the minimum wage is very small and of those that do make the minimum wage, an overwhelming majority are teenagers in an after school job. The 2 largest employers of low skill workers, McDonalds and Wal-Mart, in the United States don't pay any workers minimum wage, they pay more.

The Democrats seem to think there are millions of families trying to survive on one parent's minimum wage job. While those people do exist, the numbers are so low as to be insignificant from a voting perspective. Raising the minimum wage won't have the disastrous effects Republicans point to, but it will increase some employers' willingness to hire illegal immigrants instead of low skilled American citizens.

The Democrats will try to get some play out of this issue and voters will likely support an increased minimum wage. However, the electoral result for Democrats will be nil, not enough people who actually vote care about the minimum wage and certainly won't make that a factor in their decision on who to vote into Congress.