However‚ many Americans are uninformed and subsequently overlook one such issue‚ unaware of the harmful effect it has on their lives. The “it” in question is mandatory minimum sentencing policy. While most people assume these laws have no affect on anyone excluding the person being sentenced‚ in reality‚ the effects of mandatory minimums are far reaching. Aside from the prisoner and his/her family‚ the tax dollars or hard-working citizens are used to pay for the extended prison stays of thousands of
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themselves and their families. The typical diet for minimum wage workers consists largely of rice and cornmeal and beans; vegetables are rare and meat is an unheard of luxury. A minimum wage workers working 8 hours per day. In the other words‚ a full time minimum wage salary provides less than 60% of a family’s basic needs ( Eric‚ par.26).” It is obvious that Haitian factory is a rich company but they just pay a litter to workers. The minimum wage is closely related to quality of workers’ lives
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Unemployment is one of the most continuous and growing problems in the United States. With an increase of minimum wage‚ unemployed workers would feel more encouraged to get a job and get out of debt. Minimum wage should be moved up to fifteen dollars because of the payments needed and the employment. Everybody in the nation has to make payments‚ whether it involves buying food or paying rent. College students have to pay off their student loans‚ but while they are busy with classes‚ they don’t
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chain restaurants are profiting each year in big part due to the minimum wages they offer employees. I myself was an employee working at McDonalds‚ and for the amount of work required‚ making more than minimum wage is justifiable. On average
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Discuss the concepts of limit and predatory pricing. Explain how imperfect knowledge of other firms’ costs or financial conditions can lead to limit or predatory pricing. Limit pricing is when an incumbent firm sets a “low price with the purpose of deterring entry”. Predatory pricing is when an incumbent sets an “‘irrationally’ low price [possibly below cost] so other firms can’t compete” forcing existing firms to exit the market. Both pricing strategies require at least two periods: the first to
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The minimum wage was designed to create a minimum standard of living to protect the health and well-being of employees. Others have argued that the primary purpose was to aid the lowest paid of the nation’s working population‚ those who lacked sufficient bargaining power to secure for themselves a minimum subsistence wage” (law.Cornell.edu). Minimum wage laws and many other labor-related laws weren’t enacted purely because a
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The Favoring and Opposing of Term Limits Term limits have been very controversial over the years. They have been both favored and opposed. Most people are in favor of term limits because incumbents are reelected for years and years. Very few people are opposed of term limits and most of those who are work for Congress. Some very interesting arguments in term limits favor have been the fact that these politicians are making careers out of their positions are not getting anything accomplished
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first time that employers were legally required to pay their employees overtime for certain jobs. When the law was first passed the country’s minimum wage was $0.25 per hour. The federal minimum wage applies to every state under Washington’s Constitutional authority to regulate “interstate commerce‚” but several states have passed their own laws to raise the minimum wage above the federal $7.25 level. Nineteen states have requirements higher than the federal level‚ eight states are higher than $8 per
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The Economic Effect of a Minimum Wage Increase in the Fast Food Industry A question plaguing economists in the news the last couple of years is what would the effect of a minimum wage increase be for the workforce in the fast food industry. Better yet‚ how would it affect the fast food industry itself. There have been certain areas of the country that have already increased the minimum wage for fast food workers‚ but the debate is would it work elsewhere. With the increase in the demand from the
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nation. Question: What is your opinion on age limits for people having intimate relationships‚ knowing they may have consensual sex though widely different in age‚ and in context of upbringing‚ religious beliefs‚ etc? In other words‚ who is of the right age‚ and with whom? The discussion about people having consensual sex at a young age and with a partner much older than them has been around for quite a while. People have different views about age limits depending on the society they were born in
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