It also took me in anther direction. In the greatest country in the world, tax paying citizens should not have to make decisions such as these. Remember, most single-parent homes have a single income. A single income to provide multiple needs. Minimum wage should keep up with the cost of living.
Every time there is talk of raising the minimum wage, there is talk of losing jobs.
Finally, consider the millions of hungry children here in America. A lot of them go without not because they don't have parents or have parents who don't work, but because their parents make too much to qualify for food programs, but not enough to provide the needed groceries to keep their children from going to bed hungry. DWI was formed in 1996. It's a 7 year initiative that is funded by the Annie Casey Foundation of Baltimore and spearheaded by the Piton Foundation in Denver. DWI conducted studies that identified a gap between people living in low-income communities did not get information about jobs that were available and employers who had jobs, couldn't find people to fill them.