Raise the minimum wage but don't raise the cost of everything else!

The debate continues should minimum wage be raised or should it stay the same? There's no doubt about the fact that minimum wage should be raised. It should be raised to at least fifteen dollars an hour. The question should be to the president and to every single politician in this great nation of ours is do they want the nation's economy to pick back up. If their answers are all a resounding yes they why not raise the minimum wage. More and more people will get back to work instead of being discouraged and willing to accept unemployment because they'll make about the same amount collecting unemployment checks as they would if they take another job. Raising the minimum wage will get people back to work which is what the president, governors and every other politician continues to preach is they want people to get back to work. How do we do that? We do that by raising minimum wage and not raising the cost of everything else. It's bad enough that we have to pay for the rising gas costs if we drive a vehicle and we also have to pay for rising grocery costs as well. I remember several years ago a hundred dollars could go along way in buying groceries for your home now it barely buys anything. Keeping the minimum wage low only causes more and more people to apply for food stamp benefits and that does nothing but build up our national debt. How about we step up to the plate come up with a plan that will raise minimum wage get people more encouraged to go back to work and boost the economy in a positive direction. But the plan has to include not raising the cost for everything else so I ask our politicians the people who are supposedly for the people let's get this job done and watch how the economy quickly rises back to greatness.