They answer to their donors. They don't represent their constituents, it's all a farce.
So long as it takes BIG $$ to get elected in the US it will always remain so. Get money out of politics.
that's how I feel about people that insist that this $15 minimum wage is anything but a horrible idea. If I didn't know better, I'd start to wonder if there wasn't an effort to destroy small businesses. Shameful