Hilton Head offers a better way out of poverty than minimum wage hikes

Seattle’s city council and mayoral candidates are considering raising the local minimum wage to $15 an hour. Instead, they should put in place educational programs like Hilton Head’s Neighborhood Outreach Connection to help residents move up to higher-paying job opportunities.

“Increasing the minimum wage to $15/hour is surely reasonable in the face of the massive siphoning of income to the very top,” said council candidate Kshama Sawant.