instead of raising the minimum wage why not just make all minimum wage earners tax emempt?...or why not just make all who earn under $13,000 tax exempt like it was back in 1987 before the stock market fell under? (you know; back when all the pigs started stealing from the poor and giving it back to the rich?)...poor folks should not pay federal taxes because they pay enough taxes at the cash register anyway...
the other part of the equation is federally mandated rent controls...and i know i know - half of you filthy stinkin' rich maggots out there own apartment complexes, but too damn bad!...rent control is another part of the answer in aiding the poor - for instance; you cannot charge more than $1000 per X amount of square footage or something...just shut up and do it!...
and did it ever occur to you that part of the reason people are poor to begin with IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FILL OUT YOUR STUPID CONFUSING TAX FORMS!?...tell you what; if you all insist on extorting taxes from the poor, i suggest a federal excise tax at the cash register where all other government entities get their taxes...shut up and do it!...