It costs jobs. Particularly for part time workers, or interns, the minimum wage reduces flexibility for businesses to hire. For further elaboration, see NTU's documents, Minimum Wage Hurts and Open Letter to the Governor on the Effect of Minimum Wage Increase.
Vice President of the National Taxpayers Union, Pete Sepp
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