Because often what you hear from business is, if you make us raise the minimum wage high enough, all you're going to do is cause us to have to employ fewer people, raise prices, and ultimately the community may not benefit. It prohibits them from keeping quality people. They want to make sure that they can pay their folks a fair wage and keep them. And, you know, it was interesting because a gentleman who was a business owner was in the meeting said, you know, when you employ someone, you also employ the spouse and the children and the family. (54:32–54:40)
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Asserts that not raising wages prevents businesses from retaining quality employees.
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