Fair Wage
A looming problem for America today is the lack of a comparable fair wage that enables a family to live at or above the poverty line without struggling to make ends meet. There are basic needs for every individual and every individual deserves the right to fair economic growth. Too often I see families who cannot even provide some of the basic necessities like food, clean clothing and even shoes. There are even those who work three jobs trying to make ends meet, putting off medical care because they can’t afford to take time off of work, and even forgoing a committed relationship because they don’t have the means to support a family. Without a fair wage, we limit our nation’s growth. Our politician’s understand this and they …show more content…
Subsidized housing, affordable care and tax breaks are just a few of the attempts to resolve the problem. Most of these attempts have done little to address the problem of a fair wage. The goal of a fair wage is to enable those who are less fortunate the opportunity to grow with the nation rather than be left behind and depend on government or state handouts. The idea is not to give anyone a free ride but enable them to survive and be able to better themselves rather than struggling to stay above water and make drastic choices that would further pull them down. The current mandated federal minimum wage that was put in effect July of 2009, is 7.25 an hour with some states mandating a higher wage as high as 10.00 an …show more content…
This will take time and a trust in our politicians to do the right thing. On the other hand we have an obligation to do what is right as well. If we are an able bodied person, we should not take advantage of the subsidies put in place to help the less fortunate. The minimum wage should be raised to better compete with the rising cost of inflation. Everyone, to include immigrants, should be paid the minimum wage in order to stop taking jobs from us. Employers should be held to some level of standard with regards to ensuring our working force is maximizing it’s
A looming problem for America today is the lack of a comparable fair wage that enables a family to live at or above the poverty line without struggling to make ends meet. There are basic needs for every individual and every individual deserves the right to fair economic growth. Too often I see families who cannot even provide some of the basic necessities like food, clean clothing and even shoes. There are even those who work three jobs trying to make ends meet, putting off medical care because they can’t afford to take time off of work, and even forgoing a committed relationship because they don’t have the means to support a family. Without a fair wage, we limit our nation’s growth. Our politician’s understand this and they …show more content…
Subsidized housing, affordable care and tax breaks are just a few of the attempts to resolve the problem. Most of these attempts have done little to address the problem of a fair wage. The goal of a fair wage is to enable those who are less fortunate the opportunity to grow with the nation rather than be left behind and depend on government or state handouts. The idea is not to give anyone a free ride but enable them to survive and be able to better themselves rather than struggling to stay above water and make drastic choices that would further pull them down. The current mandated federal minimum wage that was put in effect July of 2009, is 7.25 an hour with some states mandating a higher wage as high as 10.00 an …show more content…
This will take time and a trust in our politicians to do the right thing. On the other hand we have an obligation to do what is right as well. If we are an able bodied person, we should not take advantage of the subsidies put in place to help the less fortunate. The minimum wage should be raised to better compete with the rising cost of inflation. Everyone, to include immigrants, should be paid the minimum wage in order to stop taking jobs from us. Employers should be held to some level of standard with regards to ensuring our working force is maximizing it’s