All this talk about wanting to help the low wage earners and bring the minimum wage up to a livable wage is nothing more than government BS!!!!!!
The real reason for the wanted increase is to pay off the unions for their support and votes... Most unions have it in their contracts that if the minimum wage goes up, the union members wages go up accordingly..IOW, if the minimum wage goes up $1.50, the union member floor sweeper, who makes $20.00 an hour will now make $21.50 an hour....
There are very few employees at minimum wage, other than teens who are working part-time, but there are thousands and thousands of union workers...There is where the cost will hit the businesses greatest....
Read where the union contract for the UAW has provisions for every 25 cent increase in the minimum wage, union workers get 75 cents.
I remember reading an article years ago that explained how an increase in the minimum wage would result in a union wage increase, which was the Democrats real goal.
This of course would cause prices to rise, leaving the minimum wage worker no better off than before.