I'm not even saying if $15/hour is reasonable or not. Just like you, I'm extremely underqualified to have a valid opinion on that subject. I was just asking because it would be hypocritical if that's what you were saying, and that's how it read.

I put myself through school using a small part of the copious amounts of loans that were available to myself. I don't think access to education is an issue, let alone one related to what minimum wage should be though. I don't have the solution, but I can empathize with people just trying to survive - I find it hard enough and I make a little more than double what they're making, assuming they work straight 40 hour weeks with no holiday time.