but just this week, januaet yellin, the vice chair of the federal reserve said raising the minimum wage doesn't fix the problem, stagnant spending by households and businesses. >> i would say that it's not something that would make up for the shortage of demand that we have in the economy. >> zrv actives like steven moore, says the president is about to kill more jobs. >> i taught economics. if any of my students ever said that we should raise the minimum wage, i would probably flunk them. i think this is a terrible policy. what you're doing by raising the minimum wage, christine, you're sawing off the low-wage jobs that are starter jobs that get people in the economy and the job market in the first place. i spent the last couple of days talking to a lot of fast food restaurant owners to people who run hotels and so on. christine, they're telling me we're operating on very thin margins right now. if they raise this minimum wage, we are going to have to lay off workers. i think it's going to hurt the economy with respect to more unemployment. look, if a worker isn't worth $9 an hour, wha