... in Minneapolis which was a study conducted where she chose to pick up a full time, minimum wage paying job, and attempted to live only off those economic resources resulted in the abandonment of the project. This was because she couldn't find anyplace to live in the Twin Cities at minimunm wage and this was several years ago; rents have sustained substantial increase since then, making economic reform even more imperative. When people can't afford rent, they are forced into homeless shelter which are both demeaning and dangerous, as proved by crime studies that indicate crime rates are the highest around the vicinity of homeless shelters. By substantially increasing the minimum wage we award individuals the adequate amount of income to sustain shelter, as many individuals now are at the brink, barely unable to pay for a home. Low minimum wage forces workers into a cycle of poverty, In order ...

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