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    The Minimum Wage Debate

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    election quickly approaching, the minimum wage has become a hot issue of debate among both Democratic and Republican candidates. Due to vast the social justice and economic implications contained in the idea of minimum wage laws, opinions on the issue range across a wide spectrum. First, there are those who are proponents of a minimum wage as a means of combating income inequality and promoting economic belief. Typically, proponents see a raise in the minimum wage as an opportunity to stimulate…

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    Minimum Wage Benefits

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    that is not even minimum wage, and thier tips. Some believe that servers should be paid a minimum wage pay check along with thier tips, others disagree. I can see how raising an hourly wage to a minimum wage can be beneficial. As of 2014, the Economic Policy Institute has reported that servers are bearly making living and have to rely on tips to pay the bills. What would happen if you had a night that was quiet? Would you still be able to pay for your needs on just a hourly wage pay check? I…

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    Increase The Minimum Wage

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    have opposite point of views towards the minimum wage. Historically, Franklin Roosevelt introduced the Fair Labor Standard Act to end a socioeconomic unfairness; a time when entire families, including children, worked for long hours in hazardous factories to barely afford expenses. The new law revolutionized the work industry into our current forty hours a week system, benefits, overtime, the abolishment of child labor, and the federal minimum wage. The recent Great Recession in 2008 put many…

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    Minimum Wage Law

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    The minimum wage law was signed in the year 1938, under the Fair Labor Standard Act by President Roosevelt. The first minimum wage was $0.25 per hour which is equivalent to $4.18 today. The minimum wage law was signed to have fair labor standards (Patton). But how fair is it to push people to live in squalor? Absolutely unfair. The majority of the people directly affected by low wages are from the age group of fifteen to twenty-five. Raising the minimum wage would mean higher earnings for…

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    Minimum Wage Propositions

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    minimum crew members workers will be forced to cut down and even layoff more workers. At the same time, if the employee earns more money they will spend more money which supporters of Prop. 206 state will even out the issue. Increasing the minimum wage will give low- income families more money to spend, and that money will end up in state tax that can end up back in Arizona school districts. Meanwhile,suppliers will hike their prices of products in order to keep their employees as well. At the…

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    Raising Minimum Wage

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    federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour. There is a claim that it would be good for the economy in many ways. It is believed that raising the minimum wage would increase spending within the economy, which would enable businesses to grow and hire more workers, and the cycle goes on. The reality is that minimum wage jobs are designed for an unskilled high school student who is learning how to balance a job and other aspects of their life. Increasing the minimum wage for unskilled…

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    Minimum Wage Rejection

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    Higher Minimum Wage Minimum wage workers deserve minimum wage the way it is now. If the government raises minimum wage then it will just cause the cost of living to go up and decrease the value of the dollar. If minimum wage is increased, then everybody’s wages would eventually rise too and then minimum wage workers would continue to ask for more money because they would end up at the bottom of the chain again. Most people benefitting from a wage increase are not even in poverty. Minimum wage is…

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    Raising Minimum Wage

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    Raising the Minimum Wage: The Wrong Turn Most everyone has had one. Almost everyone who has had one hated it. And almost everyone has moved on from it. What I am referring to is minimum wage jobs. Most of us have fond memories of summertime with friends and becoming an adult and charting our way in life. To do that one of the things we needed was a job. Not a career, or profession, but a simple job to be able to have some spending money, maybe a car and some clothes. It is all a pretty necessary…

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    Minimum Wage Thesis

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    minimum wage to $15 an hour, following the example of many other cities in the country. Both sides of the issue have a hard time agreeing on whether or not minimum wage, the lowest amount an employer can pay his/her employees, should be a livable wage. This problem is not new; it has been up for debate for over one hundred years. The minimum wage is a complex and divisive issue that reaches back to the early 1900’s, with two sides that disagree about whether or not it should be a living wage.…

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    discussion about wage inequality, particularly raising the minimum wage. Many argue that fifteen dollars per hour or even the Presidents ten dollar ten cent minimum wage is too high with reasons such as small businesses will lose profit and close, people will have no incentive for higher education, and the overall elimination of jobs. Past arguments like these against minimum wage have been recycled since the passing of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Examining historical data on minimum…

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