Hillary tries to be Bernie with Fast Food Workers; Supports fight for $15 an hour

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(06-08-2015, 09:38 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: A big question about a minimum wage increase I have is what will the government do for those on Social Security, welfare and food stamps? Will these people get their benefits increased to match what minimum wage is?

The government would have to raise these programs or people and families will starve in my opinion.

Just depends on the rate and state requirements. Most often, an increase moves people off of some social aid, which, overall, is better as that requires less bureaucracy. 

In other words, if you increase the minimum wage by $2 and that takes 20 percent off food stamps, then you have fewer social aide workers needed to oversee those 20 percent of benefits.