Not saying it "would" be bad, saying it "could" be bad. Most of these articles rarely speak of potential negative consequences but only of potential positive r

Not saying it "would" be bad, saying it "could" be bad. Most of these articles rarely speak of potential negative consequences but only of potential positive results. That's the point of my first post. It's not a bad idea to openly discuss potential negative consequences which most proponents of a minimum wage hike seem to do their best to avoid. For instance, you are assuming that such an increase would only involve that 50% of the country. I'm assuming that such an increase would affect nearly everybody across the board, something more like 80%. That's not necessarily a good thing. But it could be a good thing, it's just that it's rare for a discussion to take place.