What constantly puzzles me is the notion that increases in minimum wages will drive small businesses to higher operating costs or to shed workers. All of the small business I have ever worked for or known pay their workers more than minimum wage. The only place I'm aware of that pay minimum wages are franchises and large corporations.
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