Minimum wages will improve society I am responding to the editorial “...”. Minimum wage is current topic‚ and important‚ but I believe it does need to be raised. Not everyone can support themselves on minimum wage. I am in complete agreement that it is impossible to raise a family well on minimum wage. The only number of people that it is possible to support on minimum wage is one‚ the person working. If you work on a minimum wage‚ you can’t have a family. And this is only looking at poverty lines
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adults and families who are trying to live on minimum wage jobs. In today’s society‚ this is almost impossible. An increase in the federal minimum wage is in the interest of the nation as a whole‚ although it will impose some costs. This nation has finally realized that the time to raise the minimum wage is long past due. Federal minimum wage has not been raised in over 8 years‚ since September of 1997. This is only the second time that the minimum wage has remained unchanged for such a long period
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Boston University defines minimum wage as‚ "the lowest level of earnings for employees set by government legislation." In general there are two fiscal and social arguments on the minimum wage. Supply side economists see a minimum wage as an overreaching burden placed on small businesses while demand side economists argue wages set too low will result in higher levels of poverty. In this article I bring out some of the main intellectual concerns of the minimum wage. My goal for this article is not
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Minimum-Wage “There are people in the world so hungry‚ that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” Mahatma Gandhi. Recently there are some people living in a house and they have many things like TV‚ computers ...‚ but they live on poverty line due to the high cost of living. In the last seven years‚ the cost of living has increased but the salary is still stable. Especially in the United States the minimum-wage hasn’t been increased for seven years‚ and that’s why there are many
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2013 Persuasive Essay $7.25 equals two gallons of gas‚ one fast food meal‚ or a simple school supply. With the minimum wage at the current rate you must work one hour to earn the seven dollars and twenty-five cents that only supply you with small necessities for everyday living. This problem was encountered before and was resolved with the agreement to higher the minimum wage from $5.85 to the current $7.25. Although that was a big increase in salaries‚ was it truly enough? This controversy
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One of the most frequent questions being asked is whether minimum wage should be raised to $15.00 per hour or not. I do feel minimum wage should be raised‚ but raising the minimum wage to $15.00 per hour is more than our economy can afford. Raising minimum wage to $15.00 dollars per hour would only make the cost of living increase. The prices of clothes‚ gas‚ food‚ etc. would sky rocket. The unemployment rate would increase‚ because employers would hire fewer workers‚ and instead more jobs would
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I. Minimum wage is supposed to be a minimum hourly rate of pay that is necessary to live. Minimum wage was not a thing until 1938 when it was created by the Fair Labor Standards Act (“Minimum Wage”). This was supposed to allow people to make the minimum amount of money they needed to provide for themselves and their families‚ and for a while it probably did. Flash forward to today‚ and due to inflation‚ minimum wage is not allowing people to make enough money to support their families. This defeats
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Throughout the years minimum wage has been raised. The more it is raised‚ means all of the essential things of life will increase in price. Furthermore people will be fired and the unskilled people will be especially hurt. The minimum wage should not be raised based on the observation of what has happened in the past and what might happen in the future. The raising of minimum wage would cause businesses to lay off many of their workers. This increases the unemployment rate in our country. Furthermore
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of minimum wage hike. We saw many voters want the minimum wage to go up‚ so that they can live a better life. Many other articles also show that in the long term its effect would be devastating. Minimum wage has both good and bad effects. We have to take into account the worker that works for minimum wage. They barely have anything left after all the tax money is deducted. It’s hard to maintain a family when someone works for that little money. We have also seen some solutions to minimum wage problems
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are differences in opinion about the benefits and drawbacks of having a minimum wage. Supporters of the law say that it increases the standard of living of workers and reduces poverty. Others say that if it is high enough to be effective‚ it increases unemployment‚ mostly among workers with very low productivity due to inexperience. Since the law was established it has had only a positive impact on our economy. Minimum wage protects employees from being taken advantage of‚ encourages employees to
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