>9.50/hr is looking pretty good to my 17 year old daughter. I agree that 9.50 is not sufficient (let alone the current minimum wage) to raise a family on. I wasn't attempting to be negative about it, I was just pointing it out in case others were not aware of his policies. It may stress small business owners too much and factories that start out at minimum wage and if that is the case, time to bring down the corporate taxes so all the corporations don't continue to relocate overseas...

The solution would be simple - tariffs on whatever is manufactured outside and imported as if it was imported (surprise!) and revoking tax benefits on behalf of employment and local development to corporations who stop providing those (surprise, too - I heard they get to keep those forever). Then the small local employers may be competitive to the big corpor... ah, we wouldn't want that, right?