Is Minimul Wage High Enough?

In class, we watched the exciting reality series 30 Days where Morgan Spurlock puts himself into other peoples shoes and exposes his viewers to real life issues and events that effect a great amount of society.  Him and his wife worked as minimul wage workers barely scraping by with each salary the two were earning.  The show gave me a great perspective on the challenges and difficulties so many individuals face on a daily basis and how the systems set forth in America make it virtually impossible to move out of these routine conditions.  This makes me look at my life as a student.  I come from an upper-middle class family in a wealthy suburb of Chicago.  I didn't choose to live this lifestyle.  Like everyone on earth, I was born into my family who controls what type of lifestyle I'll live.  It's to a large extent a luck of a draw of how you'll end up financially, and the degree of education you may obtain.  The show expressed how impossible it was to make ends meet and to control a liveable environment that's healthy and acceptable.  The minimul wage has made it nearly impossible to sustain life with a family and all the necessities life requires.  I am so grateful and I appreciate the life I have been given.