[tc-sacto]

If minimum wage goes up, I'm not sure prices will go up. A business owners margins might not be that elastic. Instead, they may have to fire a worker to maintain their margins.

From my limited experience, i find it hard to believe people work for minimum wage for any length as the bread winner. I know when I started working at minimum wage, it wasn't very long before I got a raise. I showed I was willing to hussle, work hard and wages went up.

Wouldn't an employer want to keep good workers. It's expensive to hire workers, especially if they are slackers an you have to fire and re-hire someone els. It would make more sense to pay your good workers more than minimum wage to keep them around, which is what I've experienced. (obviously not a large pool of experience to sample from. Just what I've seen from friends/family and my personal situation growin up.)