minimum wage $10 an hour by 2016. think about that. if we had this across the country, it would take half the people living in poverty out of poverty. i think california is a microcosm for what this country can do. we could pay down the deficit, we could increase education funding, we could increase health care spending, and we could put this country back on track. raising the minimum wage, bringing that chart closer together, giving the middle class wage earners of this country a break, letting them share in this stock market economy. ooh, we would be on a roll. we would be paying debt down big time, and we would be creating services for people, and it would be a better america and nobody would be left behind. and ronald reagan s economy. this is a fight for the country.