All you folks who think businesses should pay their employees more should understand that this pay raise gets transferred to the customer in the form of higher prices on whatever product/service the business provides.
Hey, here is an idea made for the feel-good idealists. Lets cut out the middleman! We cannot trust the evil business to take care of their employees who are obviously working there because the employer has some nefarious hold on his employees. (/sarcasm) So, as a customer, nothing is stopping you from giving money to any employee you see. Rather than pay higher prices, just give 20% more than your bill to the businesses' employees, like you tip at a restaurant. If you are going to spend a hundred dollars at Walmart, hand out twenty dollars to random employees, give $5 to four workers or $1 to twenty. Might even improve customer service. Do this everywhere! Buy gas? Give a tip! Use the drive through at McDonalds and the bill is $8? Why, give the window attendant a ten dollar bill and tell em to "Keep the change!" You will be a local hero in no time. Might even get your name in the paper! Start a new national trend! Even save America! We could be talking Mount Rushmore here....
(takes a deep breath)
Well, how about it? Going to put YOUR money where YOUR mouth is? Or do you demand the government use a gun on a business to do your bidding? How do you FEEL? I certainly know how I THINK.