Chances are you’ve been told that your small business is going to be hurt the most by the proposed minimum wage increase. Chances are, you are getting bad information.

Many politicians and organizations “ even those claiming to advocate the interests of small business owners “ speak out both sides of their mouth. Here’s my favorite from the National Federation of Independent Businesses:

 

NFIB Website:Â Most minimum-wage jobs are offered by small business.

NFIB Spokesman Mike Donohue was quoted in Inc. in December 2006: “A majority of workers are in states where the minimum wage is already higher, so it’s not going to be felt [by small business] that much.”

 

I wonder sometimes if the folks at NFIB just think we’re dumb.