So, usually a call to start a petition gets a Gallic shrug and a smirk from me.
But, two different commenters at my previous diary entitled You Pay How Much in Rent mentioned either drawing up a petition or "putting my money where my mouth is," sort of challenge. So, I thought about it a bit.
After thinking about it and then finding the handy link sent by MoveOn a little earlier, I asked myself, "Why not?" Thinking a little more about it and now posting a link to it here, well, sign if you agree. If you do not, well, that's fine, too.
If we are serious about raising the minimum wage, we also need to address that we need to move the poverty line up so that those affected by raising the minimum wage are still considered to be at risk, economically speaking. Just because we raise the minimum wage to $15/hour does not ensure that people will suddenly all be out of poverty. It simply means that the gap between the über-wealthy and the rest of us has been slightly lessened. We are living in one of the most powerful countries that controls a lot of money. Why are we being so stingy with all that money?
That is partially why I did not say what the minimum wage is in the petition. When we move the goal at one end of the economic pitch, we need to adjust it at the other end, as well.