Raising the minimum wage won't help

[arewethereyet]

This isn't going to be popular but here goes...
Large businesses should be willing and able to pay their employees a living wage. What happens when/if the $15.00 minimum wage becomes law is that it pushes out the small mom and pop businesses. When you raise wages you also raise the amount of taxes that have to be paid by the employer as well as increasing worker's comp as it's based on the dollar amount of your payroll. Those small local businesses could be lost if they are held to the same standard as the big companies.

There are often benefits to working for a small company. More flexibility. You are more than an employee number and often have the opportunity to learn various aspects of the business and not just your one certain task.

I am all for the companies who can paying their people more and/or providing better benefits such as insurance and paid time off but not at the cost of squeezing the mom and pop shops out.

This really isn't an all or nothing decision. A sliding scale would make more sense.