the main reason for increasing the minimum wage is to increase the payroll taxes to the government(s)...it would be interesting to find out just how much more tax a person pays with a $10 wage and then a $15 wage....it is an indirect tax on the employer...
Then there is also the cost of insuring your employees too.
I guess 50 cents an hour would be a boon for the owners. Many would rather that.
and increase the Union dues which is based on hourly wages