The most basic of facts, which most democrats ignore, and many republicans, is that.......
Businesses are not in business to pay wages....
Businesses are in business to produce goods and services.
Thus, a worker gets hired to produce for the business, and not just to get a wage, minimum or maximum or in-between.
Somebody who is productive and performs for the business, deserves a fair wage, which is to be determined by the business owner (or manager).
A minimum wage, as determined by governments (at any level) is counter-productive and punishes the business. Punishing a business is not beneficial, either for the business or its employees.
Alongside those points is another point which democrats fail to recognize or choose to ignore. When a person’s wages is raised to a minimum, as defined by government, then, all the other employees who are earning a higher wage will be expecting that their wages be also increased. A minimum wage that is a bottom line for any job at any company, becomes a direct influence and a demand on all other wages within the company to be increased.
Fixed it for you. :)
The reason the Democrats are always in favor of a minimum wage increase? Union contracts are indexed to minimum wage—typically a specified multiple of minimum wage. Increase the minimum wage, and all the union sh*theads get raises too.