Bwahahahaha...It'll provide help on the jobs front only if they think more unemployed is good for the economy.
Maybe Obama is going to “Lucy” them again? Promise yearly min wage increases, to get votes, and then promptly forget about actually doing it.
http://change.gov/agenda/poverty_agenda/
“Raise the Minimum Wage to $9.50 an Hour by 2011: Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe that people who work full-time should not live in poverty. Even though the minimum wage will rise to $7.25 an hour by 2009, the minimum wage’s real purchasing power will still be below what it was in 1968. As president, Obama will further raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2011, index it to inflation and increase the Earned Income Tax Credit to make sure that full-time workers can earn a living wage that allows them to raise their families and pay for basic needs such as food, transportation, and housing — things so many people take for granted.”