raising the minimum wage causes US products and services more expensive over the long run causing inflation which often de-valuates and trade imbalances which in turn de-values the dollar..
which in turn causes the minimum wage to be worth less in it's buying power..
which defeats the goal that liberals claim is the reason for raising it to begin with..
I'd like to tell them that we'd love to raise the minimum wage but we just can't afford it with all of the "savings" we've gotten from Obamacare. :wink: