[dfwgator]

Raise the minimum wage and all you do is raise the amount that is called the Poverty level.

The dirty little secret is that many union wages are tied to the minimum wage. If the minimum wage increases, then the union wages will increase as well. It puts upward pressure on all hourly wages, even those that are not the minimum wage.

[sgtbono2002]

In other words minimum wages are inflationary.