Just a reminder that the current minimum wage is below the poverty line in all 50 states.

Those small businesses that would get "hit hard" by a $15 minimum wage? We're indirectly subsidizing those businesses with our federal taxes; those businesses are value-destroying enterprises.

(Edit: It's not just small businesses getting this taxpayer subsidy. Walmart and other large employers similarly transfer wealth from taxpayers to their shareholders by relying on government welfare programs to allow their employees to continue to do their jobs. In a very real way, Walmart dividend checks are paid in part by US taxpayers.)

I'd think that's the point behind most push from big business for a higher min wage. For them, it's another form of regulatory capture. Amazon or McDonalds can afford $15 nationally, but small mom-and-pop firms?

You don't have an unalienable right to run your business by paying starvation wages

This seems to be such a hard concept for people, in Canada cerb caused a a lot of people to say “but that’s more then I make/I can’t pay people more then cerb” - then maybe your business isn’t viable and should stop?