If somebody forced into illegal activity or welfare gets a job offer for 3 dollars an hour, they are probably still going to do the illegal activity. The Minimum wage is barely livable as it is. All the minimum wage will do is allow employers to pay people less than the minimum wage. You give employers too much credit if you think this will help pay the low skilled workers less and be able to pay people that deserve more, more money. It won't go to people that deserve more, it will go to the CEO's.

I think you give companies too much credit. The minimum wage exists because companies will take the profit and pay their CEO's more or whatever, they will not lower prices. There have been tax cuts in place for how many years now? Because if taxes are higher then the "job creators" won't create jobs. However, where are the jobs being created? Oh, they aren't, they are just paying their CEO's more with that money. It doesn't trickle down, and they will not use the money to help the economy it will only be used to help themselves