Shamus Cooke, the author of the article, discusses the ways in which an increase to a fifteen dollar minimum wage would be beneficial for all workers by bringing up statistics as well as discussing corporate greed. I intend to use this source by using the statistics about how much the U.S. economy is constituted from consumer spending to support a point I made about how raising the wage boosts the economy. Cooke also discussed how corporations value their profits, which in turn means paying their worker less. This directly supported another claim I made in my paper about how the blame should not be directed towards workers asking for better pay, but should instead be directed towards the corporations who can afford to pay them a better wage
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It is a good source because it provided an example from a mother who has to deal with the consequences of a low minimum wage and highlighted the very real struggles mothers who work in minimum wage jobs face, which is important to shed a light on. I used this source to show why raising the wage would help out struggling American families and in particular, women who work in minimum wage jobs. I believe this source is reliable because the words came straight from the mouth of a real person named Carmen Iverson who works at McDonalds and was interviewed by Forbes, which is a website read by millions and cited …show more content…
"Obama’s Claim That Raising the Minimum Wage Helps Low-wage Workers ‘make Ends Meet’." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2015. Web. 24 Apr. 2016.
This article is about Obama’s state of the union speech back in 2015 where he discusses the minimum wage. This article is a quality source because I felt a quote was needed from a notable person affirming my point about how raising the wage would assist working class families. It’s a direct quote from Obama, therefore it would make my argument more credible if the President of the United States himself was agreeing with my stance on the issue. This article is trustworthy because it supported my other source’s claims that not raising the minimum wage does indeed impact American
It is a good source because it provided an example from a mother who has to deal with the consequences of a low minimum wage and highlighted the very real struggles mothers who work in minimum wage jobs face, which is important to shed a light on. I used this source to show why raising the wage would help out struggling American families and in particular, women who work in minimum wage jobs. I believe this source is reliable because the words came straight from the mouth of a real person named Carmen Iverson who works at McDonalds and was interviewed by Forbes, which is a website read by millions and cited …show more content…
"Obama’s Claim That Raising the Minimum Wage Helps Low-wage Workers ‘make Ends Meet’." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2015. Web. 24 Apr. 2016.
This article is about Obama’s state of the union speech back in 2015 where he discusses the minimum wage. This article is a quality source because I felt a quote was needed from a notable person affirming my point about how raising the wage would assist working class families. It’s a direct quote from Obama, therefore it would make my argument more credible if the President of the United States himself was agreeing with my stance on the issue. This article is trustworthy because it supported my other source’s claims that not raising the minimum wage does indeed impact American