And increasing the minimum wage, but we have to be mindful with the small businesses. A lot of small business can't afford it. And that's where, you know, I am mindful and thoughtful of that because I have met a lot of small businesses throughout South Texas and they've told me over and over we would not be able to sustain that amount of money per hour. And the benefit would be, you know, Target and Wal Mart. Those people would benefit from them because it would kill the small businesses, and that's my biggest concern. (06:57–07:08)
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