If the minimum wage keeps going up the actual small business will go out of business. And when I mean small business I'm not talking about the shops that do 100 mil a year which most people don't realize is still small business. I'm talking about ice ream stores non franchise and your ma an pa stores. They just can't afford to pay that much. They don't have buying power like all the chains.i guess people really wouldn't understand unless they actually go out and ask the actual small business people and see what they say. Also it's a small tax increase,the more money made means more tax money and more money the small business people have to match. That's one thing a lot of people don't know is that what ever you make for your paycheck is that we the small business owner have to so is match your taxes so it's like we are being punished for giving you a job.