In addition, the cost of living will go up, there will be less of a push to get an education, and competition will intensify leaving young, inexperienced teens jobless.
Many people think that the typical minimum wage worker is a poor single mother struggling to get by day to day when in reality, less than five percent of minimum wage workers are single mothers, struggling to get by. Under three percent of all workers in the United States earn minimum wage or less. Data from both the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau shows that most minimum wage earners are part-time workers and below the age of twenty-five. Very few of them live below the poverty line or are supporting families with their salary alone; in fact, their average
Many people think that the typical minimum wage worker is a poor single mother struggling to get by day to day when in reality, less than five percent of minimum wage workers are single mothers, struggling to get by. Under three percent of all workers in the United States earn minimum wage or less. Data from both the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau shows that most minimum wage earners are part-time workers and below the age of twenty-five. Very few of them live below the poverty line or are supporting families with their salary alone; in fact, their average