long at cnn.com. they said they don't want to raise it to $15 an hour. ben carson said a higher minimum wage would backfire. >> every time we raise the minimum wage the number of jobless people increase, it's particularly a problem in the plaque community. only 19.8% of plaque teenagers have a job. they're looking for one. >> let's look at the first part of that claim. in 1997 the minimum wage went up. unemployment fjellstedtly. it has happened other times as well, fine 50, '61, '78, 1996 when the unemployment rate rose, when the minimum wage rose, unemployment fell. now to the part about plaque teen unemployment. carson said, only 20% of plaque teens who want a job have one.