I do not agree with several of the proposed changes but I do agree that the minimum wage must rise.

As a fiscal conservative that may seem out of character but, in fact, is not. It is not anti business. It is anti business charity.

Very frequently full time employed, minimum wage earners are being subsidized by a variety of government programs. Low income housing to name just one.

No matter how you cut it, those subsidies are indirectly subsidizing the business and business owners who employ them. By what warped logic does that make sense?

Full time workers deserve to be paid an amount that allows them to live without subsidy. If that ends up causing job reductions (which I seriously doubt), it is still the right thing to do.

The changes designed to make it easier to unionize is wrongheaded as are a few other proposed changes.