Since everything a pol says in public is either payoffs for funds or an attempt to raise more, media should always question their motives. Demo's say they want to raise minimum wage to help working families with the impression they are referring to fast food workers and such, however fast food workers do not contribute to campaigns. Most labor union contracts are tied to the minimum wage and an increase would result in a nice raise under the table and a payoff for their support. What surprises me is that no one in the media ever raises this point or the fact that illegal immigration is killing the labor movement. One would think that union flacks would be more interested in stopping the flow of cheap labor than in pricing their members out of a job.