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Mild Thread Hi-Jack here:
This man here is the type of small business owner I keep referencing on the Minimum Wage threads. (not trying to put words in your mouth here). If the dems get their $7.25 an hour minimum through you can look at small businesses having fewer folks on staff, or if the margins get too small, the government mandates benefits that aren't affordable, or their taxes rise too much these businesses will close.

Thirty years of scrimping and living day to day, and it is in jeopardy.

IMO:
I think the current Congress should have passed an increased minimum wage maybe $5.50 or $5.75 to kill the issue, ten years between changes is probably too long. The republican Congress sat on their hands and the minimum wage is a reason (not THE reason, but a reason) why Stretch Pelosi and Dingy Harry will be in charge come January.

[Hydroshock]

That is true about the minimum wage.