“Putting more [money] in the hand of the working poor stimulates the entire economy from the bottom up. People who say small businesses will suffer are wrong. Increased purchasing power of their own workers and all other workers will actually result in a much more prosperous environment in which their small business will benefit disproportionately.”
-Feral Glass, responding to a survey by the Tahlequah Daily Press that found most respondents saying Oklahoma should increase the minimum wage [Source: Tahlequah Daily Press]