Because minimum wage is the lowest wage that an employee can legally be paid it only makes sense for these jobs to be of a lower standard. Most of the jobs that pay minimum wage do not require as much work, or even knowledge as jobs that require higher education after high school. For example, the manager at Walmart should not be making the same amount of money as a full time Doctor who went to school for 12 year to earn their degree. The reason that certain jobs are paid by minimum wage versus a higher salary are very clear when being compared.
Let’s look at the small businesses around us. When minimum wage is raised, how are they supposed to stay successful? Most likely they will not. Increasing minimum wage puts every business in a hard position. This means paying every worker employed more than what they might be able to afford, which may cause the businesses to lay off workers, reduce hiring new workers, or even be forced to close their business. As more and more businesses become unsucessful because of the increase, there would be limited jobs, and the amount of people left without a job would be