text: why are liberals so hung up on the minimum wage? so many liberals are hung up on the minimum wage thing you'd think that all minimum wage earners are liberals. yahooland liberals at that.  it's so touchy-feely to say that "everyone should make a living wage" but what does that even mean? am i responsible for paying people more money through my taxes to make sure this happens? is the company i work for responsible for paying people who are too unskilled or unmotivated to get a better paying job more money just so they can continue to be unskilled or unmotivated?  by the way, less than 2.5% of hourly workers actually make minimum wage. when you factor in salaried and commissioned workers it's less than 1% of all workers that make minimum wage.  if somebody makes minimum wage and that person wants a better paying job all they need to do is acquire more skills and make themselves more valuable to their employer. nobody handed me a guaranteed raise, i spent years trying to prove my worth to my employer so i could ge i think you hit the nail on the head.  most of them people who are making minimum wage are thoes in high school.  they don't have any bills to worry about and that is great for a small business to hire people without costing them an arm and a leg.  also they don't need to pay them health insurance with helps keeps costs down.    i don't think that people realize that business will have to raise the prices of their goods to make up the cost of the increase in minimum wage.  the increase didn't do any good with helping people get ahead.  it made it for thoes who are already making $9 an hour have a harder time because the cost of goods are going up and their income isn't.  liberals just saw $$ and followed the dollar signs without thinking about it.  thoes costs of goods along with costs of shipping thoes goods all get passed on down.  the trucker wants more pay due to the increase of diesel and the shippers want more money to pay the truckers then they are going to have to raise their prices to pay for that and now for the minimum wage.  want want want....that is america for ya.  i am a stay at home mom of 5 children and my husband is working to provide for us.  plus we send our children to a private school.  i know if we can do it most people can.  people need to seperate their wants to their needs.  i want that boat, i want that snowmobile, i want that world vacation etc then they demand that they increase minimum wage because people are having a hard time paying for it.  also people think that just because minimum wage is going up that everyone will get a raise.  nope!  just the minimum wage.  so thoes making $9 or $12 and hour will not get a raise.