In the scheme of things if they hired people and topped them out at $15 that would be a difference of $200 a person per week. Wal mart doesn't have a problem finding employees.
I hate to be the guy to say it and this will probably piss some people off over it but I think alot of people are overpaid for the jobs they do. We as a nation have pushed to raise wages so high that now people can't afford the goods that American's are producing. Why do you think China and Japan can still make a fortune shipping over .99 cent products to our country to sell.
I believe there are people out there that get paid less than what they are worth to companies.
Kyle I know I'm not much older than you but I can remember when my mother made it by on $10 an hour paying for a brick house and supporting 2 kids without any help from my father. Yeah times were tight but I can remember working for $4 an hour and now try to tell a 18 year old kid you are gonna pay him $6 an hour and see if he don't laugh at you. Now you can't hardly support a family on 2 people making $10 a hour and working full time. Middle class used to be the backbone of this country and now the middle can barely afford to pay their bills, feed their family, and have anything left.