I get a kick out of these business owners who state that raising minimum wage will eat up their profits and drive them out of business. Have they ever stopped to consider that perhaps they should NOT be building their business models around poverty wages in the first place?? If these business owners are paying their employees less than $15.00/hr, how do they expect their staff to survive? Even 15 dollars full-time is not enough to cover rent, food, bills, fuel and all the other surprises that cost money. If companies cannot afford to pay fair, living wages, they have no business being in business. In fact, they should be downright ashamed of themselves!