raise the minimum wage, you kill jobs for the poor. The debate to raise minimum wage has lasted for years. While it is true that the minimum wage has not kept up with inflation, that is unimportant when looking at the grand scheme of how it would affect the economy. Raising the minimum wage would cause catastrophic issues for the United States economy. The federal minimum wage should not be raised because it will hurt small businesses and increase unemployment. Raising the minimum wage will kill
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Increasing Benefits And Wages For Fast Food Workers Would you believe that there are more than 618,000 restaurants in the United States? According to the Bureau of Labor statistics there are currently more than 4 million fast food workers in the US and that number is only going to continue to grow. Recently there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the wages of fast food workers and whether or not they should be raised above the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, many believe that these
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When asked about creating jobs, Hillary brought up a good viewpoint about making the economy more fairer by guaranteeing “equal pay for women’s work.” We should all earn an equal amount of pay doing the same work no matter what our gender or race is. Hillary also made a good point about Donald’s suggestion of lowering taxes for the top 1%. She doesn't see how this will benefit us in any way, but instead feels that we should focus on doing more for the middle class.”I think it's time that the wealthy
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Minimum wage has always been a controversial topic ever since the Fair Labor Standards Act took effect back in 1938. The goal Congress was trying to impose with the Fair Labor Law was to keep families out of poverty and to protect non-unionized workers in unskilled jobs. This law has failed us, being that the cost of living (rent, food, gas, taxes, utilities, healthcare, and transportation) continues to rise and the minimum wage stays at a plateau, resulting in parents not being able to provide all
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process clause under the Fifth Amendment. These cases show the precedent that had been set up by the Supreme Court to rule against the state and its use of police powers. The Supreme Court ended up straying away from this precedent and upheld the minimum wage law that the state of Washington enacted. Thus, ruling in favor of Parrish and overturning the previous decision made in Adkins v. Children’s
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she mentions the opposing economic challenges faced by thousands of Americans with unskilled professions. Later on, she explains the effects of refusing social services, such as Medicaid and food stamps, to women working unskilled jobs for unlivable wages. As she mentioned, a waitressing and housekeeping were often paid $7-$8 an hour. A person had to work at least 50 hours per week to be able to afford rent, groceries, daycare, hygiene supplies, and transportation. The reality during 2001 was that jobs
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Summary of “How To Quit Working In 5 Years With $330,000 In Savings” by Michael Foster Michael Foster is writing about a very interesting topic—early retirement. This article speaks directly to all the millennials out there who want to retire early and not work into their 40s and 50s. He starts off by stating that many millennials are beginning to live very simple lifestyles so they can place a majority of their income in a savings account. This lifestyle, to most baby boomers, is very mainstream
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Should the Federal Minimum Wage be Raised? There are two opinions on minimum wage. Proponents say that if the minimum wage was raised it would help while opponents say that it would hurt them by reducing the size of businesses (EBSCOhost). President Obama would like to raise the minimum wage rate to nine dollars. If president Obama were to do that then the amount of jobs for lower skilled workers would lower, that would also mean there would be more unemployment for low skilled workers. There would
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“Class in America”: Response The classes in America are considered a very sensitive subject to discuss freely amongst peers. A class in some sorts is seen as a label for how much money a person makes in their lifetime. In Mantsios’s article “Class in America” he discusses the major decline in the middle class of America and he states that the other two classes seem to be “drifting apart” (382). Yes, the middle class has been in a decline, but there is also a part of the middle class that is thriving:
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Minimum wage is one of the number one issues in America. There are debates on whether minimum wage needs a raise or stay the same. The current minimum wage in California is $10.50 per hour. Most people that work under minimum wage work more than 60 hours a week. Those people that work under minimum wage are most likely to live in poverty. People can not earn a living on minimum wage. This is why minimum wage needs to be raised. One reason minimum wage needs a raise is because it leads to a healthier
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