I Don't understand why Democrats don't understand how the economy works . It's not what the minimum wage is , it's jobs and the overall economy . The rise of minimum wage only means that you're devaluing the dollar if minimum wage rises everything else rises with it , food , clothes etc. and all that does is devalue the dollar . Why do you think there's a vast difference between the North and the South !!! You make less money in the south but it's comparable to the price of food and clothes and housing etc!!!