The purpose of minimum wage is to legally require that an individual gets paid enough to afford the cost of living off 40 hours of work. According the the US Census Bureau, Utah's per person average income for 2012 (the most recent year with data) was only $23,794, over $4,000 below the national average! With the rising cost of living for everyone and an increase in tuition of 5.6% this year for secondary education, minimum wage in Utah no longer fulfills these requirements and must be raised. Basic necessities in modern society such as food, water, a basic cell phone for work, transportation, education, and a roof over one's head become harder to obtain with each passing year. I propose that raising minimum wage to $10.10 would satisfy the cost of living for individuals in Utah and give the state the financial boost it needs in light of its recent drop in tourism

This petition concerns both a fair wage for honest work and increasing the value of food stamps and welfare, so working single Mothers, et al, can feed their children and live above the poverty level in the richest nation on the planet. There's no excuse for a Christian nation to force honest workers into poverty. What would Jesus say?

Could you live on $7.90 an hour? That is $316. for a 40 hour week. Deducted from that will be Social Security and any taxes and other dues or company expenses. Yet many thousands of Arizonans are asked to get by on this minimum wage. It is time for our Governor, Senate and Legislature to raise the minimum wage to at least $10.50 an hour (still to low). You can do you part by signing this petition

If you increase minimum wage. You decrease the need for public assistance like food stamps

I have MS and am disabled and i yam trying to help the working.

Peekskill's oldest building, the Lent House, has been deteriorating for decades. It is an important reminder of Peekskill's place in history, and desperately needs restoration. Funding, willpower, and voices are needed to preserve this gem before it is lost forever.

Having struggled for years to "make ends meet" (they never did!), I know how hard it is to earn only minimum wages. The whole state benefits when people can earn more, and social service/public aid can consequently be reduced.

I feel sorry for the people in Missouri that is trying to raise a family and unable to exist on the current minimum wage. In the meantime, many companies and corporations are exploring these employees for their own enormous profits. We should all care for one another!

I am starting a petition to try and help people who are on minimum wage salaries earn some sort of a living. It's pretty sad when we have people out there in the work force who work hard every day not being to even make a livable wage for their toil. This needs to be fixed NOW!

This is the fricking South and someone should tell the GOP to wake up to the new ways the country is changing.

I live in North Carolina, Castle Hayne growing up and hearing stories about how if I did well in school and got a job I could move out, start a family, buy a car... but I find myself instead being unable to even afford Car Insurance. My mother has to drive me everywhere as I just don't have the money for car insurance which is legally required for a license. I go hungry many nights because there isn't enough to go grocery shopping with. I am a transwoman who needs GRS that Medicaid won't pay to treat, but I can't get the money to save up for the surgery. I'm tired of living like I'm a third world country, and I know others are too. I see long lines at the food bank from people blaming themselves when the real problem is in the economy. I am an Office Aide working for a State Funded Disability Agency where I make minimum wage at less than twenty hours a week. I work with our disabled, I make new filing systems, I type more than 50 WPM. But it doesn't pay me a living wage. Most of it goes to gas to get to work. It's insane. I think it's time we demanded a higher wage. I'm tired of being hungry.

Our state's (Missouri) 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. Join with me in calling on our state legislature to pass legislation to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 or higher.