As it states on the document from Investopedia “In theory, raising the minimum wage forces business owners to raise the prices of their goods or services, thereby spurring inflation.” This all would happen to local businesses that can only afford paying their employees minimum wage. As it says from the journalist's resource website “Prices at those businesses could increase by an estimated 4.3 percent, according to the report.” Although in many cases can raising the minimum wage not cause inflation, in many more cases it will. The safer way to keep our economy intact is to keep it the way it