Federal Minimum Income

Yes, there should be a federal law guaranteeing each family a minimum annual income.
Currently, there are many people across the nation who are unemployed. People who are unemployed do not earn money, people who do not earn money can not purchase food, and people who can not purchase food either starve or steal. A federal minimum income would give money to all, including the unemployed and those below the poverty line, which would allow them to purchase food for themselves and for their children, causing hunger rates to fall across the nation.
Such a law would allow more people--the poor and the unemployed--to spend more money in the market, not just for food, but for homes, for cars, and for luxuries. The economy is dependent upon those who buy, and those who sell, and a healthy economy, a growing economy, needs more of both, something that a federal minimum income would provide. An increase in purchases, spurred by the program, would lead to increase in the amount of goods produced, which increases the size of the economic pie. An increase in the size of the economic pie benefiting not only the business owners receiving the …show more content…
A higher unemployment rate leads to higher crime rates as people are forced to steal in order to provide for their families, as they are forced to steal in order to stay alive. These same people, forced out of their jobs, will be forced out of their homes and onto the streets, where they must sleep in the cold, in the wet, and in the insufferably hot. As automation spreads, this fate will engulf more people: people that you may know--maybe even you yourself. Increased unemployment leads to higher crime rates, forces the government into greater debt as they pay higher and higher amounts for unemployment benefits and Medicaid, and reduces the Gross Domestic Product, as people are less able to purchase