re: Anyone who is for increased minimum wage tell me why we shouldn't jump straight to $100/hr

What difference to you does it make if the lowest on the totem pole makes 15/hr? Obviously there is inflation and the rate has to increase to keep up with that at least.

The reason for a minimum wage is also obvious so that in certain situations where there is surplus labor available business don’t cut wages to 25 cents an hour. The goal of corporations is to maximize profits for shareholders and that means paying people as little as the market bares.

As a small business owner myself my opinion on anyone paying employees less than 15/dollars an hour is they are generally unethical anyways.