Everyone needs money to help them with their daily life activities like eating, shopping and even paying bills. For that, you will need a good paying job, right? CATO Institute, a public policy research organization, states “Some policymakers are proposing to raise the minimum wage, but that policy would be harmful. Research shows businesses would respond to the increased costs by reducing employment, particularly for low-skilled workers” (CATO). Basically saying this minimum wage will not help anyone, and it will do nothing but damage. I disagree there’s a lot more evidence I found which tells you otherwise. I’m not sure what the minimum wage should be raised to but I believe it should be raised.
The first federal minimum wage was initially introduced by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1938 after a law called Fair Labor Act. This law required employers to pay their employees overtime. The minimum wage was set at twenty-five cents an hour, which is about $6.20 per hour …show more content…
Not everyone in the US has millions of dollars in their bank accounts. There are countless numbers of reasons why people choose or have to work these low paying jobs. Again I am not sure what the wage should be raised to, but it does need to be raised. Only 29 of the 50 states raised their wages above the federal minimum wage. What about the other 26 states? I understand the cost of living and housing changes the way people feel about raising the wage but there probably would be more people working if the workers can find a job to suit their schedules and payments. A higher minimum wage is important because it reduces poverty since we will have more people working, low-income families will have a chance to provide higher education for their future generations. A higher minimum wage can also reduce welfare since some people will be able to work and pay for whatever the government was supplying them with instead of relying on things like EBT
The first federal minimum wage was initially introduced by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1938 after a law called Fair Labor Act. This law required employers to pay their employees overtime. The minimum wage was set at twenty-five cents an hour, which is about $6.20 per hour …show more content…
Not everyone in the US has millions of dollars in their bank accounts. There are countless numbers of reasons why people choose or have to work these low paying jobs. Again I am not sure what the wage should be raised to, but it does need to be raised. Only 29 of the 50 states raised their wages above the federal minimum wage. What about the other 26 states? I understand the cost of living and housing changes the way people feel about raising the wage but there probably would be more people working if the workers can find a job to suit their schedules and payments. A higher minimum wage is important because it reduces poverty since we will have more people working, low-income families will have a chance to provide higher education for their future generations. A higher minimum wage can also reduce welfare since some people will be able to work and pay for whatever the government was supplying them with instead of relying on things like EBT