On many of these complaints, you have to take a look from both sides of the coin. For instance, with the minimum wage increases, you have to treat it carefully.   If you increase it too fast, you are taking money away from companies that they use for other necessary items, such as rent, electricity, garbage, water, supplies and other items.     Since you will not be able to lessen those costs, employees hours will either be cut, or number of employees reduced.   That is if the company survives at all.   This ends up hurting the very people that you are trying to help.   It also does not help that some of the other expenses are raising also.   This includes taxes.