Island Coffee farms looked at by ICE officials.

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Then the business owner should offer more per hour in order to entice people to pick his coffee.

But according to you, if a small business owner is forced to pay his employees a higher wage the following scenarios will take place:

If the minimum wage doubles... how many people on the low end of the job market, will lose their jobs?

Do you think those smaller store owners will simply decide to keep people hired on and take a pay cut for themselves? You do realize that when ever a employee's wages go up, the amount of taxes the business pays on those wages, also rises?

If I understand your argument correctly, you're saying if a small coffee farmer has to pay a higher minimum wage he will go out of business and his workers will lose their jobs. But if the same coffee farmer pays a higher wage of his own free will, with the same expenses, and coffee selling at the same price per pound, the magically effective free market will balance his books and keep his employees working full time? Is that correct?