at palace kitchen says tom douglas. >> waiters make $10 minimum wage and $30 to $40 in tips. a full-time waiter in a busy house could make easily $75,000 a year. >> reporter: but the raise is for those waiters that scrape by and fears that the exceptions to the law will multiply or be manipulated by employers. this city counselor. >> they want to talk about what they call a credit which means if you are a tipped worker then you are hard earned tips will count as wages [audience boos] >> reporter: but for tom douglas a no tip credit $15 minimum will force him to raise prices and likely lose profits. >> i don't have the margin to just absorb the difference in pay. at the end of the day it's going to come down to the customer. the customer is going to vote to either go out to eat or not. that's not one side or the other. it's just reality. that's the facts. we'll find out what happens. >> reporter: it's not just the restaurant owners that don't know the unintended consequences. >> it would be amaze a-- amazing to earn $15 an hour. >> reporter: she says -- >> my boss may not be a

tom. [applause] >> good evening. i would like to talk to you tonight about the only hope for america. and for our posterity. lincoln, on the ee about his famous debates with douglas, he urged his countrymen to return to the great principles of the declaration of independence. "do with me what you will," he pleaded, "but come back to the truths of the declaration of independence." people ask me every day why i am running for governor. there are many answers to that question. to commonopposition core, which governor branstad supports. controle to restore over our public schools. my opposition to crony capitalism that passes for economic development. my plan to abolish the state income tax and get the heavy hand of government off the throats of iowa businesses. my vision for restoring the only true basis for a sound, prosperous growing economy. but tonight i am near to tell you the most important reason i'm running, which is to help bring about the restoration in peoples minds of the principles of the declaration, to restore respect for the god-given individual rights of the people, and to advocate for a return in our laws and public wallace sees to equal protection