[thecavemaster]

Then get a job with another firm. There is always going to be someone in a low paying job. When you say we should have a "living wage", who mandates what a "living wage" is. The government, the same one that mandated that back in the 90's mandated that banks give sub prime mortgages?

The same government that manages to get millions upon millions of social security checks to people on time every month? A living wage can be fairly easily computed using market indeces in different areas. You're whole "get another job" snobbery reeks of a certain kind of middle class elitism.