Small businesses operate with little capital and net profit margin. Opponents argue that the minimum wage increase hits small business owners hardest because they have difficulty paying employees. The opposition believes that increasing the minimum wage creates a market distortion (“federal minimum wage”). This means that government intervention in increasing the minimum wage causes a higher floor price that defines the minimum price for the service provided by employees. Due to a higher minimum price, job opportunities and business profits are reduced. For example, according to Mark Wilson's "The Negative Effects of Minimum Wage Laws," he writes about a study conducted by Barry Hirsch and his co-authors on the methods by which employers adapt to the newly imposed minimum wage. In their study, employers mitigate the impact of the minimum wage increase by “requiring better attendance, insisting that job duties be completed more quickly, imposing additional tasks on workers, minimizing hours worked with better scheduling and quickly firing low-performing workers.” Additionally, companies try to push rising costs onto consumers, which results in increased competition from imported goods. This makes them less competitive. The downside of the minimum wage increase affects employers, employees and customers as the study suggests that every increase in dollars benefiting minimum wage workers comes from the pockets of business owners or customers; Furthermore, employers impose more job responsibilities