Impossible To Effectively Raise Minimum Wage

Impossible to Effectively Raise Minimum Wage Americans today are constantly debating whether or not the minimum wage should be raised. Protest spring up across the nation in order to bring attention to the situation and try and raise the national minimum wage. Despite the protest, raising the national minimum wage is an unachievable task. It would devastate the country and it’s businesses to a point of no return. The negatives of implementing a higher minimum wage unconditionally surpass the few positives that could possibly come from it. By increasing the national minimum wage, employment rates would drastically decrease and the possibility for furthering job opportunities becomes greatly impaired. Increasing the minimum wage only leads …show more content…
They outline the differences between a minimum and living wage. The amount needed in order for someone to cover all the basic expenses in life determines a living wage (Klein). Advocates of a higher federal minimum wage protest that the minimum wage doesn’t support families and doesn’t represent a living wage. Glasmeier describes the situation by stating that, “A typical family of four needs to work more than 3 full-time minimum-wage jobs (a 68-hour work week per working adult) to earn a living wage.” argued as impossible for most families. Furthering the idea that most people can’t live off of the current minimum wage. They also believe that there many benefits exist for businesses and the employees by implementing a higher minimum wage. Some like Flynn believe that, “Having a well-paid and motivated workforce is the most important investment any employer can make,” implying that workers gain motivation when they receive a higher wage. However, without a job, theses workers won’t contain any motivation at all. The past studies show that a majority of businesses crumble under such a drastic increase to the minimum wage. The minimum wage jobs act as stepping blocks in order for the employee to find a career that can provide for them and their …show more content…
Even Wolla believes that many things can be done in order to help the situation and those who need more money in order to achieve a better quality of life. However, he does not believe that it should be done through a higher federal minimum wage. The effect of even a slight raise to a 10 dollar minimum wage would cause over 500,000 workers to lose their jobs immediately (Wolla). Therefore, the minimum wage can not be raised without detrimental effects on the county and its