[Penelope Dreadful]

Uh, if everybody has to pay the same minimum wage, like they do now, then that means the playing field is level. If you think a business that has to play less than it takes to live, and thus have employees on food stamps, and housing vouchers, to survive, then that does not sound like a sustainable business model to me.

[Mastador1]

Golly gee, why don't you follow some logic here, if everybody, are you really saying everybody or did you actually mean all minimum wage workers? Anyway if every minimum wage person was suddenly jumped to $15 what exactly do you think will happen to prices across the board? What do you think will happen with all those people that worked hard to get to that $15 on their own? What happens with skilled trades apprentices that are at or just above that $15? Do you think other wages and prices will just freeze no matter what happens to minimum wages?

Think of Newtons third law, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, wages go up and prices go up, wages go up and taxes go up, with the end result being that those people with their shiny new living wages really aren't all that much better off with higher rent, food costs, gas, utilities, etc., etc., etc.

Oh yeah think of all those people that don't get that lovely wage increase but do get the price increases, people like pensioners and seniors on social security.

Level playing field my A...