Being able to successfully pass legislation to increase the minimum wage is difficult because of opposer's claiming that Increasing the minimum wage will result in less jobs and less hours available to other workers. They also claim that with the sudden increase of the minimum wage will create profit loss on some companies. Opposers of this issue are mainly businessmen, which Mitchell Englander a businessman stated by saying “I know firsthand about the struggles that business owners and their employees face every day. I've had days when paying my employees meant that I did not take my own paycheck” (Englander). Mr. Englander, had difficulties sometimes paying his workers, that he had to take money out of his own pocket and pay his workers,
