Minimum Wage

Ruy Teixeira, EDM and the Gallup poll, (01.13.06):

"The last time Gallup asked a question about whether Congress should raise the minimum wage, in November of last year, a supermajority of 83 percent said they supported such a move, compared to a minuscule 14 percent who said they opposed it. In the November poll mentioned above, not only did 93 percent of Democrats favor a boost in the minimum wage, so did 80 percent of independents and even 73 percent of Republicans." Public Opinion on Raising the Minimum Wage

Ha! Even 73% of Republicans!! Gallup also noted that for the last twenty years, "public support for raising the minimum wage has consistently exceeded 75 percent." Uhhh, maybe it's time for a raise?