Why Is It Important To Raise Minimum Wage?

Minimum Wage As living expenses rise, and inflation takes its toll, it is merely common sense to raise minimum wage to help blue collar Americans cope with the everyday change in our currency. Raising the minimum would help cover the basic necessities of an average worker’s life, stimulate the economy, and help balance the growing gap between the middle and upper classes. In 2011, there were near 4 million Americans who were earning the minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. In Georgia, the average hourly living expenses total to $10.10. Those numbers don’t add up. Increasing the minimum wage would help hard-working, blue collar Americans to cover living expenses, regardless of their current financial status. Not only does raising the minimum