General accounting and mathematics is lacking in todays society - MINIMUM WAGE

First of all, there should be NO MINIMUM wage. The most productive countrys in the world do NOT have a set minimum wage.

Second, those liberals crying from the tops of their ivory castles, must understand that you simply, as a small business owner, cannot, I repeat, cannot, double or triple wages without MAJOR repercussions. I.E. - lost jobs, increase in commodities, etc.

You CANNOT increase wages and pretend that EVERYTHING else will remain STATIC. EVERYTHING will increase across the board, and you will pull more people into the bottom rungs of poverty, when you give the guy making 7 bucks an hour 26 bucks, and the guy making 26 bucks is flat - you just pushed TWO people into poverty, along with everyone inbetween...