Instead of money mindlessly being spent at horrid places such as Wal-Mart, America should focus on giving more to worthwhile organizations and causes (18). For starters, money should be going towards raising the national minimum wage. It has already been established that it is impossible to live off of eight dollars which is seventy-five cents more than the national wage. Secondly, money should be going towards improving welfare and other help programs. Peter Edelman of the New York Times states that money is disappearing from helpful programs. This is a serious problem since many of the lower class citizens depend on programs such as welfare and food
Instead of money mindlessly being spent at horrid places such as Wal-Mart, America should focus on giving more to worthwhile organizations and causes (18). For starters, money should be going towards raising the national minimum wage. It has already been established that it is impossible to live off of eight dollars which is seventy-five cents more than the national wage. Secondly, money should be going towards improving welfare and other help programs. Peter Edelman of the New York Times states that money is disappearing from helpful programs. This is a serious problem since many of the lower class citizens depend on programs such as welfare and food