Obama Calls for $9 Minimum Wage. (VIDEO)

"The State of the Union proposal with by far the most political juice is going to be a call to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 and index it to inflation. That would put it, in inflation-adjusted terms, back up to its 1981 level."*

In his State of the Union Address, President Obama called for a $9 minimum wage. Conservatives are very opposed to this incremental bump. Why? Would the increase help people who need it most, or hurt them like John Boehner says?