127. Small-business groups are lobbying to defeat proposed federal legislation that would substantially raise the federal minimum wage. This opposition is surprising since the legislation they oppose would, for the first time, exempt all small businesses from paying any minimum wage. Which of the following, if true, would best explain the opposition of small-business groups to the proposed legislation? (A) Under the current federal minimum-wage law, most small businesses are required to pay no less than the minimum wage to their employees. (B) In order to attract workers, small companies must match the wages offered by their larger competitors, and these competitors would not be exempt under the proposed laws. (C) The exact number of companies that are currently required to pay no less than the minimum wage but that would be exempt under the proposed laws is unknown. (D) Some states have set their own minimum wages---in some cases, quite a bit above the level of the minimum wage mandated by current federal law---for certain key industries. (E) Service companies make up the majority of small businesses and they generally employ more employees per dollar of revenues than do retail or manufacturing businesses.

答案是B，我知道B是正确的，但是不清楚D错在哪里？

如果按D说的,他们反对干啥啊?反不反对都是要遵守state 的法律. 因为这个新法不影响他们.但是B说出了新法对他们的负面影响.所以说这个题目就是要找出新法对他们的负面影响

D是无关选项。这个最低工资标准是多少，各个州的标准高低不同，与题目的opposition没有关系。