re: 15 dollar min wage bad, right?

$15 x 40 = $600 per week, $31,200 per year. In South Dakota that isn't great but it's enough to comfortably live on if you don't have much debt. Two income household would be over $60k a year. You can buy a decent house in a small town in this state, most of the state, for about $120k easily. That's only 2x household income.

Liveable wage? Absolutely. But small businesses here won't be able to afford the labor costs.

I understand the cry for $15/hr minimum wage in high cost urban areas but one size does not fit all. Let the States decide. South Dakota is nothing like New York so why should our rules be the same?