For a business owner such as me, the minimum wage debate is not ideological. It is mathematical.
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. However, 30 states and many other localities have much higher minimum wages. At the beginning of this year, more than 20 states and numerous cities raised their wages.
A bill introduced this year in the New York City legislature aims to raise the minimum wage level to as much as $30 per hour for all businesses…