Florida state is stupidly pushing for $15/hr minimum wage, this isn't going to work out. Florida heavily relies on the service/tourism industry, which those jobs are generally one of the lowest-paying jobs (think greeters at Costco, entry-level employees at Universal/Disney/etc, cleaning services). If we increase the minimum wage, across the board we'll see a huge decline in these kinds of employees (and also may negatively impact felons further, and poorer immigrants). The "less productive" or the atypical individuals who work entry-level jobs will be outsourced for further automation/ self-help devices (McDonalds Kiosk, Walmart self-help checkout lines, etc). For people who work at hotels, it's likely that hotels may downsize their staff in response to the increase in the minimum wage.
There are a lot of serious ramifications of pushing for $15/hr that people don't think about. Big corporations can handle this increase with ease and still have a strong profit margin to eat the costs, but this primarily targets small businesses with profit margins that can go in the red for simply having a single "slow day". If we want to empower people to be entrepreneurs in this state, then we need to empower small business owners by ensuring that their business can remain sustainable in this modern world. Increasing the minimum wage won't directly help small businesses.
