Absolutely. Many groups have been suggesting that it be raised to at least $10. I'm not an expert in this area, and I don't know how high it has to go, but $10 sounds good to me. My clients who come in every day work just as many hours as I do, but they're making less than one-third of what I'm making. The group we work with, immigrant workers, tends to be in jobs that pay only minimum wage, as opposed to the more unionized workers, who are paid more than minimum wage. So the minimum wage must be increased in order to ensure that people at the bottom are protected.
On October 27th, 2006. See this statement in context.