That proves my point. So few people have any work ethic that someone who exceeds expectations is bound to be successful.
Flipping burgers is not a career, it is a start. Whether you move up at McD or build a resume to move on to bigger and better things. Raising the minimum wage robs people of the opportunity to take that first step. It is simple economics; the more something costs, the fewer you can afford.
We need to shorten unemployment benefits, restrict the use of food stamps, and tighten requirements for welfare. Being poor is supposed to be uncomfortable. As long as being poor means big screen TV, car, housing, and food, there is little motivation to improve.
The whole stepping stone argument doesn't work because there are not even close to enough good jobs in this country. We shipped them out years ago. Now we are a service based economy. If everybody worked hard, there would be no place for them to go. What happens now is he best of the best move up, and everyone else is left behind.