have these good ideas about the minimum wage increase. as a retailer i'm happy to have the minimum wage, because it gives people more disposable income. on the other side of the coin, a 66% increase over the last three years in minimum wage and high tide raises all ships plus the other things that come down the pike from the city, from the state, picking the pockets of small businesses. >> for a lot of people, probably half of somebody else's, layoffs of the business can survive. let's look at some information on the wage increases to show how fast this has come up. large employers, 11 an hour, small employers, small businesses, $10.50 an hour, and december 2018, 15, 1350 so it is shooting up really quick. is that too fast for a lot of