About 2-3% of hourly paid workers earn minimum wage. For the most part, it's not about the masses, but the skills necessary to get onto the bottom rung. As o

About 2-3% of hourly paid workers earn minimum wage. For the most part, it's not about the masses, but the skills necessary to get onto the bottom rung. As others have said elsewhere, in most cities, labor is at about $!5/hr already.