$15 minimum wage affects far more than just McDonalds and Wal Mart. Thousands of small shops, factories, businesses and stores pay their employees between 8-$14.99 an hour.
There are probably entire towns where no one earns $15 an hour.
This will devastate our economy.
And those towns have a lower cost of living. Central government mandating the same wage across the country without regards to the cost of living variations is stupid.