You missed the point -I was talking about congress giving themselves a raise for the "cost-of-living" (38000 dollars since the last minimum wage increase) so it didn't show up so much , while acting like a buck an hour at the bottom of the scale is gonna break the country. Where is the COLA clause for the rest of us? It is the way biz is done , tie what the rich want to a scrap for the working class. What about the estate tax deal? See?