We abide by the federal minimum wage, which is $5.15 an hour. If Proposition 202 passes, it would be bumped up to $6.75.

"It's a struggle," said minimum wage recipient Dony Donald. "It's hard."

Donald describes his life as a constant struggle.

"It's all the same," he said. "Year after year in that below-poverty bracket."

Donald and his wife have three kids and a baby on the way. They live in a small two-bedroom apartment.

"For just this two-bedroom, we're paying 800 bucks," he said. "The cost of living is just ridiculous."

Like thousands of people in Arizona, Donald makes little more than minimum wage. Still, he refuses to go on welfare.

"Because to take assistance, you have to put up with the bull," Donald said.

He says paying their bills and doing everything else is just impossible.

Alicia Russel is with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN.

ACORN is a social justice group pushing for Proposition 202.

"Proposition 202 is to raise the minimum wage in Arizona on the state level from $5.15 an hour to $6.75 an hour," Russel said.

Russel believes the high cost of living here in Arizona is cultivating a state full of haves and have-nots.

"A lot of the people that are getting rich are getting richer," she said. "(People) that are getting poor are getting poorer. And (the former) are driving around in Mercedes and BMWs and they don't see that. It is almost like they don't want to see that. It's easier to not see it than to deal with it."

She thinks one way to deal with it would be raising the minimum wage.

If Proposition 202, passes it would establish a statewide minimum wage of $6.75 an hour starting Jan. 1, adjust the minimum wage every January according to inflation and create a commission to enforce the minimum-wage law.

"This initiative isn't really just a minimum-wage initiative," said Michelle Bolton with the No on 202 Campaign. "So we are here to expose the dirty secrets that proponents are not talking about."

She argues that most employers already pay more than minimum wage and that it should be up to the employer, not the government, to decide how much people make.

"The market should dictate wages not only in the market but in your skill set performance reviews," Bolton said. "That should determine your wages."

She worries that the creation of an independent oversight commission will cause problems.

"You can have a bunch of strangers taking a look at your payroll records, financial records and your business," Bolton said.

She also worries that businesses could be forced to shut down as inflation and the minimum wage go up.

If Proposition 202 passes and inflation is 2 percent for each of the next five years, by 2012 every minimum wage worker would be making at least $7.50 an hour.

"It's a struggle," Donald said. "Any increase in minimum wage would help us."

Donald makes about $15,000 a year. With little education and no transportation, it's tough to find a better job.