Some politicians argued for increasing the federal minimum wage others were against it. Unfortunately nothing came out of these debates. As of today the United States Department of Labor reports that the federal minimum wage remains $7.25. Unchanged from seven years ago. This is unfortunate because increasing the minimum wage should be our priority. We should increase the minimum wage because it is fundamentally immoral for us to be paying such low wages to workers, also It will let minimum wage workers know that we appreciate them and stimulate them to work harder. Additionally there is no concrete evidence to support the popular belief that minimum wage laws force big businesses to fire workers and cut hours, also small business owners do not think that higher minimum wage will hurt their businesses. Furthermore increasing the federal minimum wage will reduce social inequality. This matter does not only affect those working a minimum wage job. It affects society as a whole. It is important to have a good balance of power, because when one institution becomes too powerful, it often tends to abuse that power. Most often those institutions are big corporations like …show more content…
But small business owners do not think that an increase in minimum wage will destroy their businesses. As we see in a national phone poll of small business owners conducted by the American Sustainable Business Council and by Business for a Fair Minimum Wage. The poll actually found out that sixty one percent of small business owners favor increasing the minimum wage from seven twenty five to ten ten. The poll also informed that fifty six percent of small business owners believe that increasing the minimum wage will benefit the economy. These finding contradict the notion that small businesses do not support a potential increase of the federal minimum wage. In fact, we understand that they believe the increase will help them, perhaps because stronger economy means more purchasing power for individuals, and more purchasing power means small businesses will be able to sell more of their products to