Do you ever feel like you're being kept at your current position because your boss is getting cheap labor out of you?
Yes, I feel like my boss thinks he owns me and can just rent me out whenever he feels like it.
But then I wonder how he justifies promoting and paying someone else more who does less work?  It doesn't make any sense. 
I know, but my livelihood depends on my salary, so I cant just tell him how I feel to his face or I might get fired.
I'm only making minimum wage, so there's no lower I can go, but I know I'm being underpaid when I take over the office for my boss when he goes on vacation.
I want to move to Washington and work there because they have the highest minimum wage at $11.50 per hour. 
I used to live in Seattle.  The minimum wage there is $15.  Hopefully Maryland starts to move in that direction.
Hopefully the whole country moves in that direction. Everybody needs to pay living wages, so people can meet their basic needs.