No family gets rich from earning the minimum wage. In fact, the current minimum wage does not even lift a family out of poverty.

The minimum wage should be a living wage.

The real minimum wage is zero.

It has now been over 7 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage to its current level of $5.15 per hour. Since that last increase, Congress's failure to adjust the wage for inflation has reduced the purchasing power of the minimum wage to record low levels.

Raising the minimum wage isn't just pro-worker; it's pro-economic growth.

The value of the minimum wage shouldn't be eroded, and it has been.