Hope 'n Change - Minimum wage

Now I can understand why the Repubs might not care about raising the minimum wage:  their target constituencies would hardly be touched.  But why would the Dems want to screw so many people from groups that vote overwhelmingly for them?  Oh, wait, these cats don't vote and if they did, they vote Dem regardless.  And the unions?  Well they have money, you see.

"Each 10% increase in the minimum wage [since 2007] was accompanied by a decrease in employment of 1.2% for Hispanic males, 2.5% for white males and 6.5% for black males. When looking at hours worked, we saw a similar effect: Each 10% increase in the minimum wage reduced hours worked by 1.7% for Hispanic males, 3% for white males and 6.6% for black males.

Like abortion, the minimum wage is a place where the left's mask of 'compassion' for the weak and defenseless slips and their true leering lust for power shows through.