One of the biggest opponent of minimum wage increase are the one who's in that category.
43% of Ohio voters voted against their own interest last week. Majority of them are in lower side of the income.
43% of Ohio voters voted against their own interest last week. Majority of them are in lower side of the income.
What makes you think that raising the minimum wage would be in their interest? A comprehensive study[1] that factored in hours worked found that even though average hourly wage increased, hours worked went down, so total pay actually went down.
2. Looking at "unemployment" is what the study was specifically trying to avoid, because you could cut someone's hours but keep them on payroll. If you only looked at unemployment figures and average hourly wages, you might conclude that raising the minimum wage was an unalloyed good. However, if you drilled down to hours worked you'd see that they were taking home less per week.