Minimum Wage A high school student that has a job or is thinking about getting a job knows what minimum wage is because they know how little it is. Minimum wage is a set p/hr earnings an employer must pay his or her employees. Oregon is one of eighteen states in the U.S. that has set a higher minimum wage then the federal law of only $5.15 per/hr. For many years there has been a debate on weather or not highirng the minimum wage helps or hurts the economy‚ in most states with a higher minimum
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Did you know that 4.4 million workers who earn the minimum wage or less have a college degree? Minimum wage is a difficult place to be in life‚ but it’s a better place to be than unemployed. And as a result‚ when you do achieve a job that is minimum wage you should do the very best you can to keep an incredibly tight budget. I was at a friend’s house a few nights ago for a small get together and she mentioned that she used to live with her dad in Texas for awhile because it was a place where she
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Braeden Kuhn Mr. Jay Lee Eng. 101-123 21 Oct. 2014 Minimum Wage Minimum wage is great for young people. No matter what experience you have you still get a fair amount of pay. You can work your way up the ladder and continue to get raises‚ until you get the amount you’ve been expecting. Minimum wage allows students and less fortunate adults to be paid a wage that subdues the average cost of living. No employer can drop below the seven dollars and fifty cents allocated to all the people in the
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many injustices in the world today. Animals are being abused. Women are being excluded from education. Minimum wage isn’t enough to support big families. All my classmates came up with unique organizations that help these causes and many more. My group focused on how minimum wage is not efficient enough for families to live off of. The economy should appreciate its workers and give them a just wage in America. The Open Arms Pet Rescue Organization impacted me personally. Its mission is to save dogs
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Currently‚ Portland has a minimum wage at $9.25 per hour‚ the second highest in our country‚ but we still need to make it greater. Right this minute‚ if you’re a minimum wage worker‚ you make $15‚636.25 take home each year‚ and then imagine that you were a mother or father of 2 kids. This wage makes barely enough for just one person to survive in today’s world‚ let alone a whole family. Imagine that you’re that mother or father‚ and you have your two kids‚ you’re working three jobs‚ but supporting
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Attention‚ PLEASE! After an excruciating minimum-wage work day at the rambunctious factory‚ arriving home to the luscious aroma of the fresh out of the oven red velvet cake would be paradise‚ right? Well... NEWS FLASH! Even if you had a moment to devour that savory cake‚ the agony does not end there. With five children to take care of‚ you scarcely have time to take care of yourself. If only you lived one day in pure ecstasy‚ then the idea of your oldest daughter taking ecstasy would fleetingly
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Raising the Minimum Wage COMM/215 May 05‚ 2014 Linda Camp Raising the Minimum Wage The Great Recession that began in late 2007 caused many downfalls such as real estate collapse‚ financial crisis‚ and major loss of jobs. This recession lasted until 2009 which to this day researchers say that the after math of the recession has yet to decease. The economy has not yet gone back to the way it was before the recession started. Did you know that during the Great Recession Australia was not fazed
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October 2013 Poverty and Raising the Minimum Wage Poverty is a huge issue in America; in spite of‚ what is the correct way to fix this issue? Will raising the minimum wage relieve the poor making the economy stronger or will it do the opposite? The issue at hand is discussed through two articles supporting the increased minimum wage‚ and two articles against it. The pro side of the issue is discussed through the articles‚ “Fast Food‚ Low Pay” by Mark Bittman‚ and “Raise That Wage” by Paul Krugman while
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Against raising minimum wage! Think back to the time when you were a young child. You remember that at a certain age Mom and Dad thought it was important for you to understand the value of a dollar. In order to teach you this they gave you an allowance every week with the understanding that you would earn it by completing a weekly chore. As you got older you desired more money to purchase the things you wanted. The agreement for more money came along with more responsibility and chores. The
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value of the minimum wage."(Sklar). The low minimum wage is sinking more and more families into poverty.Families who only have one minimum wage worker can’t support their families.Families with more than 2 children struggle to get along. Minimum wage workers are still making less than they did in 1997.The federal minimum wage was enacted in 1938 through the Fair Labor Standards Act. Workers have to adjust to the increased cost of living. The minimum wage today is $7.25. Sitting the minimum so low means
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