As a very small business owner I feel compelled to address the minimum wage.  Minimum wage is a starting wage for employees new to the working world. It was never meant to support a family.  When new employees require training, as most do, $15.00 per hour would prevent a small business from hiring, and subsequently, training a person for the work force.  This entry wage needs to remain low for many reasons.  If this wage were to be made law, I would feel compelled to pay our employees considerably more than the $20-$25 I now pay them.  This in turn would make prices rise and that in turn causes the cost of living to rise.  At what point do you feel this would ever amount to minimum wage supporting a family, or even a single person? When would that ever make sense? That high of a minimum wage is like having the carrot attached to a stick, attached to the employee, they will never reach self sufficiency.