Raise The Minimum Wage

I would first like to start off with a very simple question that must be explained. He keeps stating that we must gradually increase the minimum wage, but how much is gradual? 50 cents? 5 dollars? 20 dollars? This must be explained in order to understand my opponent's definition of gradual. With that out of the way, let's move into a refutation of my opponents first argument. Productivity is not due to workers, rather technologyOne of the major reasons productivity has climbed is because of technology. It improves efficiency as well as production. (. http://www.iofficecorp.com...) Unless my opponent advocates the paying of robots, we should not increase the minimum wage and it should stay right where it is. To prove my point, I will talk about the McDonald's Automated Beverage System or ABSMcDonald's Automated Beverage SytstemOne of the coolest contraptions that McDonald's has is for the drive-thru workers. The ABS takes the order off the menu screen and fills up the cup by itself. All it requires the workers to do is grab the cup off the tray and hand it to the customer. Technology is what has increased productivity, it is not just humans having a better work ethic. CEO deserves much moreMy opponent tries to compare the CEO of the company to the entry level worker. Let me tell you somethimg, the man who owns the company definitely deserves to be making millions more than the entry level worker. All this entry level job is supposed to do is help them, not support a family or live off of it there entire life. The CEO though, should be able to live off his salary, and not just live off of it, but enjoy it because he is the one who OWNS the company. What will they be purchasing? My opponent stated that they would be able to purchase more, and he put up a graph, but here is my question. What will they be purchasing. If it is going to an arcade and placing their money in a game machine, they don't need to be purchasing that. We need to know what they will be purchasing backed up with evidence. Government subsidiesIf my opponent claims that they people are very poor, they can apply for government subsidies. Things like WIC, food stamps, etc. These government subsidies give you not only just enough but an abundance of money to buy groceries. It gives you so much to purchase groceries a week, that people have begun selling them. (. http://www.cbs5az.com...)Little effect on reducing poverty:He says that it is very difficult to live on minimum wage. First I refer you back to my point stating that this is not supposed to be a job you work for your entire life. Secondly, I am going to point out that it would have little effect on poverty. Eight studies were conducted since 1995 about the increase in minimum wage to determine if it would help the poor, and all but one study showed that it had NO effect whatsoever on them. Another study which examined the minimum wage increases in 2003 and 2007 showed that there was no effect on the poor even though the minimum wage was increased. (. http://object.cato.org...) Increase unemploymentMy opponent has stated that this would not hurt unemployment, but I highly disagree. My opponent quoted some piecesfrom 2010, but let's look at some more recent evidence of what the increase of the minimum wage really does. Back in 2012, Obama raised the minimum wage in the American Samoa. It brought such negative economic affects and a decrease in jobs that Obama passed a bill postponing it. (. http://object.cato.org...) (. http://object.cato.org...) In 2010, two economists predicted that an increase in the minimum wage would kill over 1.3 million jobs. It is for all these reasons that the status quo is innocent. It is innocent until proven guilty which means that my opponent must prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that not only is there a problem, but increasing the minimum wage would fix all of the problems. I eagerly await my opponent's response.