[Right_in_Virginia]

Ok, I don't disagree that it may be time to revisit the minimum wage.

But, what would you propose it be?

[Steve_Seattle]

But, what would you propose it [minimum wage] be?

This is just off the top of my head, but I'd say something like $10.00. If the average McDonalds' person currently earns $8 (I don't know what they earn), they'd get $10. If there are six employees working at a time, then McDonalds' costs would go up somewhere between $12 and $20 an hour. If those six employees serve 60 customers an hour, the average customer will pay 20-33 cents more. So instead of paying $4.85 (or whatever) for your Big Mac meal, it would be $5.05-5.18. That's still an inexpensive meal, and I don't think that would hurt business or cause anyone to be laid off. And if the minimum wage were raised to $9.00, the impact would be even less. But business would say the sky is falling if that happened.