Hey, great. So you&#x27;re for minimum wage increases, then, because we haven&#x27;t been raising the real minimum wage. See here: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fivecentnickel.com&#x2F;images&#x2F;minwage_2008_1.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fivecentnickel.com&#x2F;images&#x2F;minwage_2008_1.png</a><p>You can see that the federal minimum wage peaked in real dollars in 1968 (not coincidentally, the heyday of labor) - since that time, capital won the class war and the real minimum wage has dropped, even though the nominal federal minimum went up.<p>If we kept up with that high point, the federal minimum should be something like 40% hire than it is, more like $12.50.