Will the increased Minimum Wage in Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Washington help decrease Unemployment.

While the new minimum wage raise in some states sounds good, jobs are still hard to come by according to CBS News. While the beginning of 2011 looked as if things were getting better on the job front, the latest figures from November show the jobs were down at end of 2011. The minimum wage hike is like dangling a carrot in front of the unemployed. While the wage increase is good, if the unemployed can only get to it by securing a job, this would be cause for a celebration!