A note about the minimum wage: facts that are not commonly reported.

<<<<  Before you all get too discouraged with Obama's use of Executive Orders,  you need to read this.  Just know,  that Executive Orders are not permanent,  can be changed or delete on a whim by future presidents,  add nothing to Obama's legacy since nothing he is doing is permanent.

Around 11:30 pt, today,  Obama signed an executive order,  raising minimum wages for folks who work for contractors signing new contracts with the Federal Government.  

I was an engineering contractor in California.  Going back 20 years and more,  I am not aware of any contract opportunity I on which I offered a bid that included included funding from the Feds,  that did not require union scale wages  . . . . .  which means that Obama is all smoke and mirrors on this one.  All he gets out of this is a photo-op and the pretense that he is actually doing something.  The fact of the matter is this:  the action taken today,  effects almost no one.  

Nation wide,  only 1% of the general population earn minimum wage and most of those folks are young people,  untrained and entry level employees  . . . . .   and no one in the Federal Government makes or earns minimum wage . . . . . .  no one.