Are you sure they are being "dishonest" or are they simply representing facts that go against your opinion?
I have shown my analysis. I'm guessing you didn't read the individual responses I made on specific quotes of "myths being busted."
I mean, a lot of what they argue wasn't even addressing the "myth" they responded to. How can you determine the effects of a $2.13/hr change to whatever they decide if you base your analysis
only on the happenings of states that
don't have $2.13/hr tipped wages?
My argument is that they are using real studies and their conclusions as basis for a strawman argument. Meaning that they are answering the question "Why is the sky blue?" by answering "Oranges are grown in Florida."
Remember that big money companies directly benefit from lower wages and the US government pays for those low wages through welfare and other things, it wouldn't be absurd to hear that the Koch brothers or the Waltons are pushing for non-minimum wage laws.
Also remember that the larger companies do not make up a majority of the workforce. Small businesses
account for a vast majority of employment in America. Meaning, what you think is an "only large business argument" is really made by a lot of smaller businesses in America.
I'm not going to lie. Businesses would benefit from lower minimum wage because
it directly effects their bottom line, where a lower labor cost increases their Gross and Net Margins proportional to the difference between labor costs. That's a no-brainer.
I'm also not going to lie about this: Removing minimum wage laws will in effect hurt everyone (businesses and employees) in both the short and long terms. There will not be a "reverse inflation" to correct the differences wage increases did to the economy. And,
as I pointed out to Candlejack, real wages have actually not increased at the same rate as minimum wages, it reality minimum wages have increased at a rate exceeding real wages. So basically, a reverse effect.
So, the answer to the minimum wage question is: Instead of double downing on policies that are actually counter to their solutions they try to create, how about leaving things well enough alone until we get to the point where we will need to increase minimum wages to offset natural inflation caused by situations other than forced wage increases. In nearly all cases, if not all cases, minimum wage increases
causes inflation, and we have a policy right now to
prevent inflation from occurring, otherwise we will have the economic shock that we actually really need but nobody wants to be brave enough to say that we need to get it over with.