"They'll just raise prices if thy raise the minimum wage."

[Heywood]

If you're going to consider minimum wage, you should know who makes it. In 2012, only 2.8% of American workers were at or below (e.g. waitstaff) the federal minimum wage, and half of them are under 25 years old.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/201...imum-wage/

Any worker with a bit of work ethic will get raises and make more than minimum wage. Back in the day, I started at minimum wage at a gas station. Since I showed up when I was scheduled, I was better than most of the people they hired, and soon got raises and benefits. I had to work overtime to make ends meet, but guess what - I was young and just starting out and that's the way it is.

But why should it be necessary to get raises just so you don't have to work overtime, or multiple jobs, to make ends meat?

Why are you entitled to a 40 hour work week and no more?

When we were swinging from the trees, we worked as hard as necessary to make our nut. Do you think early hunter/gatherers stopped hunting and gathering after 8 hours and took two days off whether or not they found food? Negative Chad...they kept going and going if that is what they needed to do to survive.

There is nothing intrinsically wrong about having to work overtime if that is what is required to sustain your existence.