gerri: they say that we are doing this for the 2 million people and make minimum wage in calirnia.ou may help them out of a job. >> here is the sad part. when we think a minimum wage we think of someone who is struggling to keep their family together. well, that's for and have percent of minimum-wage workers. the average worker is a teenager or someone who is part time helping to supplement family income. the you know what the average household income is? $47,000 per year. far more than minimum wage. for helping a few people of the bottom we cut the limbs of opportunity for a lot more. gerri: i see minimum wage as a training wage. you come in, learn how to be in the workforce. good habits to get to work on time, play with others well, how to get your job done on time. you know, at the endf the day you're not supporting a family. people and understand the numbers you were just describing , how few people actually make minimum wage. the reality is a lot of people are not making minimum wage because the markets are so competitive that people have gotten raises. the employers do it the