Republicans and the rich love to go about how devastating an effect raising our minimum wage would be, or even having one for that matter. They say the cause of raising the minimum wage would have the effect of businesses not hiring people. I call bullshit on this. The one and only thing that determines whether a business hires people or not is if they have a need for more help based on the business they are doing. If business is good they will hire people even if they have to pay $2 an hour more. If people are making more money they will have more money to spend and businesses will be doing good so they will have to hire people who will be making more money...you get the idea. Why don't Republicans?