Because CEO's & their Boards of Directors are Conspiring to stealing from Shareholders and Employees and they are eligible to be Indicted under The RICO ACT, but no one gores after them, and they are driving the working class into poverty and possibly a revolution.

To expand the purchasing power of the majority of Californians, and thus bring an immediate big boost to California businesses and economy.

Because I will be hired for $8.00 an hour on a 99 cent store job. and I am a college graduate.

I have lived in Florida my entire life. When I was making $11.11 an hour in 1973, it was hard. I had two children to support, their father walked out on me for another woman, he NEVER paid child support and in fact never laid eyes on his son. I was left to figure out a way to support them, give them the best I could and help them grow into fine young men. It was the hardest thing I had ever had to do. I took in children to watch during the weekends, brought home work so I would never be behind. The judge once told me "you had them. it is your responsibility. I thought I would puke (4 1/2 months pregnant with my soon to be ex there with his fiance and that is what the judge SAID TO ME! I know as many many women who have been left to fend not only for themselves but their children how devastating this is.

Important that people can participate in the world. More money moving through the economy is a good thing.

No person who works a full time job should be living in poverty. Now is the time to help hard working Florida families have a piece of the American dream.

Christ said to love your neighbor as yourself. So, is South Carolina government going to live up to his teachings or not?

You can't support yourself and better yourself with 40 hours a week at minimum wage. It takes an average of 92 hours at minimum wage to pay rent on the average apartment State wide.

Georgia has a vast population of poor people; wealth is not distributed fairly. We need corporations to treat their employee's fair, "blue collar, white collar, on the job training, technical or college". Earnest work is labor in the workforce. Adults need fair wages to rear the families w/o seeking governmental assistance if at all possible. It is time for Georgia to raise the minimum wage.

Our states' current minimum wage is $7.25. That's not enough for anyone to live on. We deserve an economy that works for everyone not just the wealthy and well=connected.

$7.25 per.hr. is not enough for people to live on. Workers deserve fair wages for their efforts. No one who works full time should be poor!

“Our state's current minimum wage is $5.15, which is less than the federal minimum wage. That's not enough for anyone to live on. We deserve an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy and well-connected. Join with me in calling on our state legislature to pass legislation to raise the minimum wage to $12.” (or higher!)