In our society there is a constant ongoing debate on how much minimum wage should be to provide a substantial life. One side saying their needs to be an increase in minimum wage, usually democrats and low income residents. Another side saying minimum wage was okay where it is, usually owners of business and republicans. Though the years the battle for how much minimum wage should be has become fiery and intense, with both sides not faltering back on their beliefs.Legislations such as the pay workers a living wage act have been introduced through this battle, affecting both sides critically. In this paper I will be examining the pay workers a living wage act as well as the supporting and opposition sides for this act.
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They believe that minimum wage won 't change the poverty line and people that do earn minimum wage aren 't actually poor. In the journal article: Should Congress Pass H.R.2, the Fair Minimum Wage Act? Con. Jim McCrery, a republican house representative argues about this by saying: “Less than one in five lives below the poverty line. The average family income of a minimum wage worker is about $40,000 a year. Very few minimum wage workers, in- deed, support a family. Instead, the majority are teenagers. They are college students, and many are part-time workers.”(Jim McCrery, 2007). This type of evidence is a key player for why opponents disapprove this legislation, Later on Jim McCrery states the solution to fixing the poverty line and helping the poor is to, “help poor people is not to cut off the bottom rung of the economic ladder in America. For those who feel that they want to help the poor over and above what we are already doing.” (Jim McCrery, 2007).
Even though the legislation is said to help reduce the poverty line and provide more low income workers a substantial amount of money to live a decent life, opponents of this bill claim there is a major downside to doing this that will negate most of the positive effects of the increase in minimum wage. In a journal article Should Congress Pass H.R.2, the Fair Minimum Wage Act? Con. republican representative Dana Rohrabacher says: “there is a downside that can be calculated. In fact, by mandating the pay raises that we are talking about today, economists have
The pay workers a living …show more content…
They believe that minimum wage won 't change the poverty line and people that do earn minimum wage aren 't actually poor. In the journal article: Should Congress Pass H.R.2, the Fair Minimum Wage Act? Con. Jim McCrery, a republican house representative argues about this by saying: “Less than one in five lives below the poverty line. The average family income of a minimum wage worker is about $40,000 a year. Very few minimum wage workers, in- deed, support a family. Instead, the majority are teenagers. They are college students, and many are part-time workers.”(Jim McCrery, 2007). This type of evidence is a key player for why opponents disapprove this legislation, Later on Jim McCrery states the solution to fixing the poverty line and helping the poor is to, “help poor people is not to cut off the bottom rung of the economic ladder in America. For those who feel that they want to help the poor over and above what we are already doing.” (Jim McCrery, 2007).
Even though the legislation is said to help reduce the poverty line and provide more low income workers a substantial amount of money to live a decent life, opponents of this bill claim there is a major downside to doing this that will negate most of the positive effects of the increase in minimum wage. In a journal article Should Congress Pass H.R.2, the Fair Minimum Wage Act? Con. republican representative Dana Rohrabacher says: “there is a downside that can be calculated. In fact, by mandating the pay raises that we are talking about today, economists have