I support a minimum wage increase (trickle-down economics is moronic and makes much less sense than a bottom-up approach, but I digress), but let's not forget that a minimum wage increase helps Costco's bottom line, since their biggest competitor's business model is completely tied to low wages. Just saying let's not pretend this is as righteous of a move as it would be if it were coming from Wal-Mart (who stands to lose). :P