Read this example:

claim: raising the minimum wage does not most minimum wage employees.

reason: many small businesses cannot afford high minimum wage payments and will reduce their number of employees.

which type of evidence would best support this claim and reason?

a. examples of businesses that have seen increases in expenses when they hire permanent, instead of temporary, workers

b. statistics showing there is insufficient work in small businesses when the minimum wage is increased

c. case studies on small business that were forced to lay off workers because of minimum wage increases.

d. an analogy about how small businesses jeopardize job growth when they oppose minimum wage increases