I. Thesis: Nowadays, it is wrong to pay workers a low wage, because a low-wage job has no ability to support people to live in society, diminishes productivity of some corporations, and makes people who are in poverty loss faith in government’s policy.
II. Low-wage job has no ability to support people to live in society.
1. The data of how much money dose these people make per month
2. Compare how much money they need to pay ( live )
III. Diminishes productivity of some corporations.
1. Low-wage jobs can reduce people’s enthusiasm, so people won’t pay attention to do it better.
2. Working without enthusiasm, make work has no efficiency.
IV. Makes people who are in poverty loss faith in government’s policy.
1. A point that against “pay low wage is wrong”: The government give some preferential policies to poor people, so their life can depend in social policy.
2. However, some policies are not benefit to poor people, they have the profit from policy but they cannot live easily.
3. The consequence of this is losing faith in public policy.
V. Conclusion
XU, ZHANG
EN-101
4/4/2014
Disadvantages of Paying a Low Wage
With the society developing, life is changing for many people. The price of commodities, education fees, daily expenses; these costs have increased dramatically. Therefore, the life for people who are in poverty is becoming harder and harder. Because these people lack education, they just can do some basic jobs; however, these jobs usually are low-wage jobs. Companies pay low salary to workers and let them to do toilsome work. Nowadays, it is wrong to pay workers a low wage, because a low-wage job has no ability to support people to live in society, it diminishes productivity of some corporations, and it makes people who are in poverty loss faith in the government’s policy.
A low-wage job has no ability to support people to live in society. According to Ehrenreich (2012), there is one of five people who have