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Do any of these people who want a minimum wage increase understand the impact it has not only on employee pay, but also payroll taxes, etc...? We just had an increase of 35 cents per hour in January in RI. It affected my company to the tune of over $350,000 per year. Minumum wage increases sound great, but it costs the companies who are hiring to make cuts in other areas, such as benefits and hours. And as others pointed out, minimum wage jobs aren't for the primary breadwinner in a family. If you're the main source of income and trying to raise a family on minimum wage, you should look into something else.
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