Minimum wage increase from $7.25 to $9.00 per hour

[Dave from Michigan]

Support raising the minimum wage to 9 an hour. Something needs to be done to help the very poor in this country but Won't if all the places that pay minimum wage have to pay 9 an hour just raise prices to cover this?, are they really going to eat higher labor costs? I have worked low wage jobs. Heck I'm currently applying for a job that would be considered low wage, but not below 9 an hour.  how many companies will just give less hours and make the remaining 8 employees do the work of 10. 9 dollars an hour would be great but It is less great if I get less hours, do more work and pay more for stuff.

[Dave from Michigan]

Wait so the last minimum wage increase was signed under the Bush administration? Why didn't the Democrats pass another when they had the house and 60 senators. I had thought they did, but the 2009 increase was part of the 2007 law.