The minimum wage is a hot button issue in America, especially in California. The minimum wage is the minimum hourly wage an employer can pay an employee for work. Currently, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. A law proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown would increase Californians minimum wage from $10.00 an hour to $15.00 an hour. Many including myself believed that increasing the minimum will hurt workers, business, and overall disrupt the economy. This essay will be discussing: Minimum Wage History and Facts, Arguments for an Increase in the Minimum Wage, arguments against the minimum, US’s economics come into play, The minimum wage was created to The first national minimum wage laws in the United States were passed as part of the 1938
