A 25 cent raise is still basically minimum wage. Minimum wage jobs usually don't go over a $1.50 higher than minimum which would still be under $10, and that's not even close to manageable. The minimum wage where I live is $8.25 and that's poverty level, you need $18 an hour to live without assistance and that's working 40 hours a week, that's more than twice the money and most of those min wage jobs rarely have full time hours. Then people wonder why American people are poor. We're forced to work for chump change and the government expects us to live off $10,000 a year.. It's not possible. Bills are about $15-1,600 where I lve a month. Do the math. Math seems to not be their strong suite.. Oh wait, they'd just rather us be dependable on them so they can control us lol and the liberals think mommy and daddy should take care of their kids until they're in their grave. But wait, who's gonna take care of them afterwards? The government, or the ones busting their ass barely feeding their children. This is one of major problems with America.