This entire minimum-wage increase 'debate' is a farce. The Democratic party has been putting forth minimum wage increases every year since the last increase, and they have been shut down by Republican majorities at every turn. Now, when the American people are realizing that this do-nothing Congress has effectively accomplished nothing outside of needlessly debating wedge issues for the last year, they suddenly find it in their heart to put forth a wage hike? ...with attached benefits to large businesses and billionaires? It's not even a valid argument, and the American people should see i