Our family supports this bill to raise the minimum wage. People cannot live on $10/hr. They might not even be able to survive on $15/hr.....but $15/hr is a lot better that $10/hr. We have more persons in tents than anywhere else in the country, and we grumble about increasing the minimum wage? Sure it costs more to "do business" in Hawaii. But we have pretty much got universal health care, we have libraries, schools, police, fire, clean water, sewers, emergency responders and other public services throughout the entire state, in some of the most remote locations. That is the value of the democratic party which has fostered services for all. An increase in minimum wage is part of our overall program to benefit the most people, to keep people working, to keep them healthy. Go to some of these states where they hate unions, have "right to work" laws, hate the ACA, and take a good look at the poverty and systemic health problems. Drug epidemic in rust belt states....check it out.