You'd really be suprised at how many pepole try to make a living on minimum wage type jobs. Hell walk through any Wal-Mart, most of the employees aren't teen/college age. And I refuse to believe those kids don't deserve a decent wage. Most pepole have to work there way through college these days, even some teens in lower income families are helping pay the bills. I can feel for a mom and pop store just trying to survive, but most minimum wage type jobs are for retail and fast food corperations. If they have a probleme with increased wages, take it out of the obscence CEO saleries.