The myth is broken?

Originally Posted by Skybird

Roughly one third in the congress are millionaires. Millionaires in the senate are forming close to half of it's members, climbing. But only less than 1% of American citizens make a 7 digit income per year.If this is considered to be representative - what do you expect, then? It' never the poor trying to prevent laws enforcing at least guaranteed minimum wages - it's always the rich, right?

I'm not sure what your response has to do with 'the first black president' but increasing minimum wages doesn't help the less advantaged in the long run, and more often than not leads to inflation which those working for minimum wages cannot obsorb.