Minimum Wage In America

“With a high wage maybe I’d be able to move out of my father’s house. Maybe I could get off food stamps. Maybe I could start giving back to the economy,” says Tenesha Hueston in “Working Poor in America” a report by Oxfam America. Hueston is a single mother of 4 and works at a fast food restaurant as a manager. However, she is only gaining $7.75 an hour. It’s embarrassingly sad how America does nothing to make minimum wage workers ascend with the cost of living. Therefore no upward mobility is being made when the minimum wage is holding people back.
Today in the USA some people view poverty as a “characteristic.” This means some citizens believe that people who are in poverty are lazy, rash and are more liable to suffer from addiction. However,
With a higher minimum wage, parents will then finally have time to be with their family. Which will prevent the children turning violent due to their parent/s being more involved in their life. If people worked in a higher minimum wage then they’ll probably be more encouraged to go school. With their sustainable paycheck, they’ll most likely have more time and the money to earn a degree so they can be prone to better opportunities. In addition, the economy will rise with a higher minimum wage. Most people think that a raise in people’s paycheck will only cause inflation or the economy will go down, when in fact, that is not true. In the report “Working Poor in America,” by Oxfam America stated, “Effects on prices are also minimal, as one study found that household food costs would rise by no more than a dime a day.” While people worry about inflation rising really high, the truth is that there will only be a minor rise of cost in food. Which should not really be a problem, since a higher minimum wage should be able to support you enough. As a further matter, the economy will rise because people won’t need to rely on government programs as much. With a higher minimum wage, people will be able to pay their bills and necessities, without having to need as much help from the government. Taxpayers
It makes no sense to let people suffer from paying their bills in order to survive and struggle in debt. The less fortunate shouldn’t have to struggle with prioritizing which bill to pay first because in reality all the bills matter. It’s just a matter of fact that they can’t pay for all of them. However, we can decrease the poverty rates and have everyone join in upward mobility in today’s society. All it takes is just an extra amount of money in low-income checks, then soon the growth of both minimum wage and the cost of living will equally arise together. Everyone will be affected in a positive matter, resulting to a better economy and people not worrying whether they are going to have food on the table or