Can Increasing The Min. Wage Decrease Burden on Safety Net Programs?

Terry Hoogerhyde of Work in Progress Radio discusses the importance of minimum wage. We can have either a minimum wage substantial enough to sustain people's lives, or we can have a government safety net to fill the gaps, but we can't afford neither, and we can't afford both.

Dewitt Walton from the A. Philip Randolph institute tells relates a success story from their training program.