the quality of what they are selling. the money has to come from somewhere. to the point that the minimum wage has to be increased, no one who can live on $15 an hour, even if we increase it to that, that is $300 a week. you could not survive in new york city on $300 a week and to be honest with you i don t think anyone can let alone if you had a family even if you were single. the idea of the minimum wage is a starter job, graduate college, graduate high school, started position. it is not supposed to be something you live on the rest of your life, it isn t even a living wage at $15 an hour. jillian: bernie sanders the vending staff compensation, $36,000 a year with 100% employer paid health care as well as paid vacation and sick leave. staff are working 40 hours a week, that comes out to $17 an hour but 40 hour work weeks in presidential campaigns are rare. the number of our staffers work,