John I don't have a problem with that.  Most people don't earn minimum wage, and certainly not people who are supporting families.  Minimum wage is a transient position in life.  Students, younger people, and those with low education and job skills.  You're not meant to be on minimum wage for your entire life.  Plus it unfairly discriminates against those with the least skills because they become essentially unemployable.

But you didn't answer my question.  If minimum wage does not lead to unemployment, and government actually has the power to increase wages, why not set it at $200/hr?  Surely we can eliminate poverty like this, right?