re: 15$ min wage vs. People on govt assistance

The cost of living would be adjusted due to the increase is cost of product. In the long run with increase in cost of goods and increase taxes to pay for government handouts there would be making the middle and lower classes the poorest they have ever been. You could raise minimum wage to $35 and hour and nothing will change. No company is going to take a loss due to wage increases. They will either cut jobs, increase cost, or close.