I too hate the taxes in PA.

However, what about the small business owner that can't afford the increase in wages every time the minimum wage goes up. What choice does he/she have? How many people have had hours cut or lost jobs because of the increases in the minimum wage? I happen to know quite a few. This has happened both in small businesses and in the large chains. Employees are being forced to do the same amount of work with less hours because the budgets can't handle the increase in wages. So overall the employees are making less. Gee. That works doesn't it.