Quote:While I certainly agree with your premise that small operators that are paying minimum wage will be affected more than large operators paying mainly minimum wage, the fact remains that in my working lifetime, the minimum wage has doubled, yet the mom-and-pops have still stuck around in the shadows of the McDonalds and Taco Bells.

Those were gradual, organic changes. A sudden jump to $15 per hour isn't based on the concept of a minimum wage as we're used to it. It's based on the concept that teenagers delivering pizza and asking if you want fries with that should be paid a wage sufficient for most single adults to live comfortably on. We're talking about fundamentally changing what a minimum wage is, and letting small businesses bear the brunt of that.

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