I'm curious about the communities thoughts about living wages and minimum wage. Here in Seattle, and a number of other US cities, fast food employees are on strike and demanding a $15 an hour rate. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25239433)

A small city to the south of Seattle called SeaTac voted in November to raise their minimum wage to the same $15 an hour level. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24811045)

I personally find this reasonable, and believe the economy can support it without issues. I do frequent restaurants and fast food outlets enough, and see that in recent times, these jobs are being filled by those who cannot find work elsewhere. Our economy continues to be a problem for pretty much everyone except the top 1%. These jobs in the past were seen as just a temporary position meant to help people bootstrap themselves into better positions. But that appears to now be more of a fairytale then a real solution. (http://ideas.time.com/2012/09/07/the-myth-of-bootstrapping/)

I think $15 an hour minimum would help start to balance out the massive wealth gap in this country. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM)