Raising the minimum wage has taken center stage in Congress and may prove to be a crucial issue this election season. Last week Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) along with more than 100 House Democrats proposed new minimum wage legislation. The legislation would increase the minimum wage from its current $7.25 to $9.80 over the next three years. The last federal minimum wage increase was in 2007 and has not kept pace with the demands of workers. Nearly 47 million Americans receive just minimum wage and qualify as the “working poor.”…