rate specifically because of this reason. the other issue is essentially dealing with small businesses is that congress is mulling over the idea of a 15-dollar minimum wage. what would that do for your business? would you be able to afford that? carley, exactly what happened this year. my partner and i, we had to weigh out, exactly what happens. we had to weigh out what do we do with the money? can we raise prices, not raise prices. i had a coffee shop down the street. 15 years i never raised prices maybe two times in that entire 15 years. i m here one year, opened up during the pandemic. had to double up on winter jobs. you have four kids, you get into this, you re going do we have to raise prices? we to. how do i pay employees, my seasoned staff in the back are with me 12, 13 years, $15 is much as a hostess. my guys bust their but to slave
outfront story one, breaking news. mitt romney winning the indiana, north carolina and west virginia primaries. now, this was widely expected. more on that in a moment, but also indiana, richard lugar loses his job. after serving in the senate unchallenged for 35 years, he lost in today s primary. the tea party backed richard mourdock. the key to mourdock s success, linking lugar to moderates and the president. i have worked with republican senator dick lugar to pass a law. what i did was reach out to senator dick lugar. if i m interested in figuring out my foreign policy i associate myself with my running mate, joe biden or with dick lugar, the republican. that did not help. the other big reason is out of state money. they poured in more than $4 million. the national anti-tax group spent millions of dollars in an attack ad against lugar. he said that s why he s lost. it s not just happening in indiana, but centrist republicans facing tough challenges from more cons