By Paul J. Nyden
Charleston Gazette, July 12, 2014
... A poll conducted last month by the American Sustainable Business Council and Business for a Fair Minimum Wage found that 61 percent of small business owners support gradually increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour.
After the minimum wage reaches $10.10 an hour, a majority of respondents support adjusting minimum wages annually to keep up with increased costs of living.
Small business owners who participated in the poll backed raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by majorities of 67 percent in Northeast, 61 percent in the Midwest, 60 percent in the West and 58 percent in the South.
Business owners participating in the poll, whose results were released earlier this month, included 43 percent identifying themselves as Republican, 28 percent as Democrat and 19 percent as independent. ...
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