Raising the minimum wage a little will help. If you're poor(ish), you basically spend every dollar you earn to survive. Canada has min wages around $10, and you

Raising the minimum wage a little will help. If you're poor(ish), you basically spend every dollar you earn to survive. Canada has min wages around $10, and you can still buy a bigmac for the about the same as the US. Their sky has not fallen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_wages_in_Canada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_wages_in_Canada