THIS ISSUE AFFECTS SINGLE PARENTS LIVING OFF OF MINIMUM WAGE, BECAUSE SINGLE PARENTS ARE LEFT ALONE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF ANOTHER PARENT TO PAY THE BILLS. SO THESE PEOPLE STRUGGLE ALREADY, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE RAISING CHILDREN, MINIMUM WAGE IS NOT NEAR ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THEIR CHILD'S NECESSITIES.THIS FORCES THEM INTO POVERTY, NOT TO MENTION, THAT THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS WILL MOST LIKELY BE SECOND TO NONE.