Living on the minimum wage is anything but easy. An increased minimum wage seems so logical‚ so morally clear; a small measure of support for those who need it most. A benefit without any hard cost. An increase seems to be the perfect servant of social mobility. Moreover‚ most New Zealanders agree that minimum wage that minimum wage isn’t just a political ideal‚ but a national essential. “Seems” is the unfortunate but effective word here. Ultimately increasing the minimum wage isn’t proposing a more
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Hello Julia‚ I agree with you. minimum wage should not be raised because there will be high price production‚ and inflation‚ which will hurt consumer especially the low-income family. Raising the minimum wage commonly may be seen as a way to give a low-income worker a raise‚ but it resulted in a surplus since the minimum wage is a price floor. Surplus happens when the quantity of supply is greater than the quantity of demand. In this case‚ more people are willing to work than employers are willing
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of 2 children. John works for minimum wage as a pizza delivery. Samantha works at Mcdonalds‚ she is the cashier. All the money that they makes goes for the 2 children that they have and the house bills and the clothes that they buy. They would like to go out and have some fun but they are unable to. Minimum wage is not making a good amount of money.President Obama is trying to raise minimum wage from 7.25 to 10.10. Lots of people want to increase the amount of minimum wage because they are not happy
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When it comes to the minimum wage‚ there are several debates on whether it should or shouldn’t be raised. It may look like it is a simple problem to solve‚ but it isn’t. An increase in the minimum wage wouldn’t totally help the ones who ask for it‚ but could lead to a series of consequences that would impair‚ not only them‚ but all of us. Firstly‚ raising the price of something reduces the demand for it — as the price charged will be above the equilibrium point — and hence leads to a surplus of
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College kids work their butts off in order to pay for their tuition‚ yet they still can’t afford it. Their jobs don’t pay them enough money to pay for fees‚ food‚ rent‚ etc. It’s the same for adults too. To prevent this‚ the minimum wage should be raised. This could lead to increasing economic activity and jobs. Other benefits are higher school attendance and lower high school drop offs. However‚ it could increase layoffs and unemployment. Even though raising living wage can start some problems with
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the government want to increase the minimum wage for ensure people’s basic life. In CNN NEWS website‚ the author Jeanne Sahadi reported a news about increasing minimum wage. This news states that the Berkeley Labor Commission want to increase the minimum wage to $19 by 2020‚ and many employers hold a negative viewpoint because of the decreasing benefits. However‚ I disagree with these employers’ perspective. I think the negative impact of raising the minimum wage can be avoided. Dorothee
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Cazenovia College | Should There Be Term Limits for Congressman and Senators? | | | Brodfuehrer‚ Jason P | 4/12/2012 | BACKGROUND Currently in the United States‚ we have a system setup where the average citizen is allowed to run for a seat in the House of Representatives or the Senate as long as they meet specific age and citizenship requirements. According to the United States Constitution‚ “No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five
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Term Limits Congressman should only be allowed to serve two consecutive terms. Just about every time the issues of term limits appear on local or state election ballots‚ it passes. (Priest) The most important argument when it comes to term limits has to be what the voters want. In this case the voters obviously are in favor of term limits. Having term limits would allow Congress to be infused with new people and new ideas. It would instantly get rid of the “career politician”. The new legislators
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the past thirty years‚ the issue of term-limits for state legislators has become increasingly important. In the early 1900s senators served an average of six and half years while representatives served an average of three and a half years (Johnson and
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For years‚ term limits have been a very sensitive topic in discussion as it is a debatable issue that contains two different sides; there should be term limits and there shouldn’t be any term limits. Perspective one‚ which is in favor of term limits‚ explains how corruption and bad power influence would be limited. Perspective two‚ which is not in favor of term limits‚ states that experience matters more and that it needs to be preserved in Congress. There should be term limits in Congress to ensure
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