re: In 100 words or less how can raising the min. wage help the middle class?**

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Supposedly it goes like this:

Increase in MW give Mary 500 bucks a year more to spend.

Mary has a thing about shoes, so she buys 500 bucks worth of shoes at Pay Less.

The jump in sales motivates the owner of Pay Less to hire an extra worker.

Thus, a middle class job is created.

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2 things are OBVIOUSLY wrong about this....

1. If the MW is increased, the owner of Pay Less has to pay his current workers more and will not be hiring an additional employee.

2. An entry level job at Pay Less is not a middle class job (more like poverty level), nor are most entry level retail jobs.