The Admin has done a lot weather you realize it or not. If you'd bother to research the subject and be a little objective you'd find that many many folks have gotten work due to stimulas $$$. There is a website you can visit that breaks it down for you by region. The admin hasn't made it a point to brag about it. The federal minimum wage needs to be increased big time I hope they can get it done but with our idiotic Congress I highly doubt it??