be a huge advocate for raising minimum wage in south carolina, but a few representatives are apprehensisi to the idea of going against the federal wage, even though 29 other states pictured here in green, have already done it.(sot:06//rep. gilda cobb- hunter/d-orangeburg)) here are a lot of people in the business community who are opposed to it because they think it will increase cost.obb-hunter believes it wont increase cost because if the minimum wage is raised taxpayers won have to pay for the social consequences on the back end of the issue.she says taxpayers will pay one way or another so she prefers to see that money go toward hihier wages for people like nelson to support their families.((sot:04//rachel nelson/single mother of three)) es i may not have gone to college, but i feel this is what i deserve.n columbia dawn logg minimum wage to $15 dollars an hour but representative cobb-hunter feels ten-ten an hour is a realistic goal for the state. 3 your next president will be in...