I was going to post some pictures of snow but thought this was more important.

There is a post on Gawker that spells out a very simple end to poverty without raising the minimum wage. I like the idea it spells out. It begins this way:
"These are the solutions you're looking for."

The working poor need more money. “But retail stores can’t raise wages very much—their profit margins are too small,” say conservatives. Aha—but there is a solution!

GO READ THE REST it's like four paragraphs and won't kill you.