I don't know what to do to protect our business. Hearing from some politicians and some so called "ExpertS" who don't know a thing and don't have any idea about running a small business. I am talking about a small, small, between 3-10 employees. I started a small restaurant for my sons a year ago. They has been working long hours and takes less than minimum pay out in order to keep the business afloat. I myself has been helping him everyday without drawing any wages, and my sister also help without pay, part time. We employ 4 high school students part time since most adult won't take few hours of work each day, and we cannot afford to pay for the their demanded wage which are normally higher than $7.25/hour anyway. My concern with the increase are: 1. We just cannot afford to pay higher wages at $2/hours more. While we are trying to keep the food price low so that we don't drive away customers by increasing our prices. 2. A $2 increase on wages do not mean just $2, Social security tax and employment tax increase accordingly. It would become $2.50 increased easily. 3. These people don't have any broad idea about the domino effect. They said that "oh, the company just pass on the increase in their products". Don't they think that every products that we have to buy for our business will increase, therefore our cost will be higher. If every product increase about 30% which is approximately the increase of the minimum wages. What would that translate to our product costs let alone the wages increase for our employees? 4. Why can't they think of "Demand and Supply" rule? The job market drives the wages itself anyway. We have to hire cooks who make over $10/hours while we pay ourselves less than minimum. 5. Most of the company paying higher than $7.25/hour right now anyway. The one that will get hurt most are the small business like us. You cannot simply put a blanket rules to cover everybody in the business world. 6. Has any expert who talking about the increase ever think about inflation. Sure, you make more wages, but you will have to spend more for every products that you buy. There isn't any magic hat that we can pull the money out to cover the increase cost. In the business world, consumers pay the price. Every small business is also a consumer. I do not have an economics degree or a PHD to prove my points, but what I said are the simple truth of our own business lives and livings. Every time I heard people who talking about increasing minimum wages without concern of small business, I feel very angry of their ignorant.