My question is what does a business do with a person that has been working there for a couple of years, worked his way up to making 15 or 16 dollars an hour and over night is making minimum wage? What about a fast food restaurant where the manager is making 35k a year and now the fry cook/garbage can hauler is making 32k? I'm sure it will all work out with time but there is going to be a lot of pain for people in the lower income brackets.