jerry69, have you been in a cave for the past eight years? everything you said, everything, happened because of obama, despite being hamstrung by republicans for six of those eight years. you forgot to mention that over 40% of all wage earners earn less than $20,000 per year. more people are working two or more jobs than anytime in our history, and they still earn less than $20,000 per year. come out of that cave. 
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/8/minimum-wage-spillovereffectincomeinequality.html