>The minimum wage IS NOT a livable wage and has not been for a long time - long before Obama.
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>IMHO, minimum wage jobs were never meant to provide a living for a family of four. These kinds of jobs are meant as entry level jobs to the work force for teenagers and college students and retired people who greet you at Walmart to supplement their social security and get them out of the house.

Exactly. There was a report on NPR this morning about the joblessness rate for those between 16-24, nearly 40%. There biggest complaint is that there are no jobs out there, which is a result of the economic downturn and raising minimum wages around the country to 15$. That's 30,000 /yr for a 16 y/o. Not bad.