The real problem isn't that minimum wage needs to be raised, that won't do anything to address disproportionate wealth.
CEOs make from 10 to 422 times the median worker's pay
http://www.payscale.com/data-package...come/full-list
It's essentially a Ponzi scheme, the current idea that executives can make as much money as they can while paying employees as little as they can. Just like growing corn over and over on the same plot of ground without replenishing the soil will lead to a dust bowl.
I still maintain this is a backlash from Dr. Spock's scheduled feeding myth rather than nursing on demand.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_4748066.html