The National Memo » Raising The Minimum Wage Is Not Controversial — Except On Capitol Hill

The National Memo » Raising The Minimum Wage Is Not Controversial — Except On Capitol Hill: 

While most of the political class fixates on the botched Affordable Care Act rollout, Congress is gearing up for a vote on raising the minimum wage. There is almost no chance this Congress will pass this bill, but it’s important that Democrats – and others who care about safeguarding the opportunity to earn a living wage in America – call attention to the inequality that increasingly characterizes the nation, and has been institutionalized by a conservative political agenda.