Minimum Wage And The Wage

There are a lot of people around the world who struggle with money and a satisfactory way of life. Whether they be in the United States or across the globe, there is a standard minimum wage set for the working class of their country. In the Unites States, there is a federal minimum wage of seven dollars and twenty five cents per hour worked. Almost every state has another set minimum wage, which typically is a little higher than the federal minimum wage, but it cannot be lower than seven dollars and twenty five cents. Countries set minimum wage laws, to ensure there is a basic quality of life amongst its citizens. As the minimum wage goes up in certain states, the quality of life also improves. The problem with a higher minimum wage, is now people are getting paid higher for entry level jobs which are meant for teenagers and people new to the workforce. If the minimum wage keeps increasing across the country, teenagers and young adults will have a much more difficult time finding jobs.

The minimum wage debate has been a hot topic over the past year, especially with the Presidential Election. This is a divisive topic that people rarely agree upon. There are essentially two sides you can take when it comes to this argument. Either people are for minimum wage or are against raising, or even having, a minimum wage. Proponents of the minimum wage are typically politicians who are lobbying for the vote of the people who feel that a minimum wage is critical to their wellbeing, and those who sympathize with people who earn “minimum wage”. Minimum wage is destroying America’s free market economy and someone needs to take action and find a better solution to this problem. Without anyone acting on this problem now, it can potentially be worse in the long run. Raising the minimum wage in the United States will do more harm than good to society because of the long-term effects.

The case against raising the minimum wage is very simple: a higher wage will make it more difficult and expensive to companies to hire workers. What will be the consequences on the economy? Well, companies won’t be able to pay all of its workers which will lead to more unemployment. At the end, people who keep their job will have a higher profit, however those who lose their job will suffer.

Rex Huppke writes, correctly, that raising the minimum wage is a complex issue. The majority of Americans agree to higher minimum wage, most being Democrats, while many owners believe that we should keep it the same. He says that people like to raise the minimum wage because “[I]t appeals to people, and it sounds like the right thing to do” (146).

The minimum wage is one of the most controversial issues on our country, which is United States has been facing last ten years. There have been never ending debates over this issue until the government, company, and others party stand together, and raise the minimum wage throughout the nations. There are communities that believe raise the minimum wage has negative impact of every sector of the country. Other communities have different beliefs over the issue, raising the minimum wage helps the poor people, and would help not hurt our economy.

The controversy over what to establish as the official minimum wage in the United States has been debated and argued over for many years. Due to inflation, the gradual increase of pricings due to a saturation of printed currency, the minimum wage for workers has to be increased in order to compensate for the ever-fluctuating value of the U.S. Dollar. Many today are rising to the conclusion that a minimum wage of fifteen dollars an hour is necessary. This motion is designed to keep those who have minimum wage income out of poverty and to increase the amount of money in the consumer’s pocket overall. However, this particular increase in minimum wage will lead to the inevitable downfall of the United States’ economy and be a catastrophe for the working class.

Minimum wage was established on October 24, 1938 after President Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act. (Grossman) Minimum wage was set to allow working class citizens an opportunity to work a reasonable amount of hours for pay that would enable individuals to maintain a minimal quality life.

The debate is still going on about raising minimum wage, but most low income individuals have hope that the federal government will vote in favor of the raise. However, the upper class Americans believe the lower class Americans can do better without the raise because of their stereotypical thoughts they have about the lower class individuals such as drug habits, being alcoholics, and living off of government assistance. Not realizing that type of thinking is not good toward lower income families because there are some poverty struck families that are trying their best fighting for a better life, but it is hard with the cost of living going up every other day, yet the money they make is still the same. Remembering the crisis the federal government

There is not one state in the US where a minimum wage worker can afford a two-bedroom unit at fair market rent, working a standard 40-hour work week(There are a few states where this is not true. Also, the fair market rent is the average cost. It doesn 't reflect the super expensive and bottom rent places). The federal minimum wage would be $10.86 [per hour] if it had kept up with inflation over the past 40 years. Instead, it is $7.25 [per hour]. Every state in the US should have the minimum wage raised to $10.86 per hour(passive, rewrite). The cost of living has increased(s) dramatically every year(,) so why shouldn’t we raise the minimum wage.(?) The value of the minimum wage has fallen by almost 50 cents since it was last increased in 1991(Fact check; the Federal minimum wage was raised in 2007 to 6.35 an hour, up from it 's 1991 rate of $5.15 per hour, and again in 2009 to $7.25 per hour). Living expenses are increasing so fast that more people are falling into the category of “lower class”. Author Tom Dickinson writes, “A family of four trying to live on the earning of a minimum-wage worker-- $15,080 a year—falls more than $8,000 below the poverty line” (Dickinson 33). (Transitional sentence?)

Today our society encounters multiple controversial issues that generations before hand would have never dreamed of having. A common controversy in America is the issue over minimum wage. The main issue over minimum wage is whether or not it should be raised or if it should stay the same. Personally I feel that it should remain the same. Minimum wage jobs were not created to become careers. Increasing minimum wage can lead to many things such as the loss of jobs, the increase of prices, and could also keep people from reaching their true potential.

There is an argument as to whether the government should be involved in controlling the minimum wage. There needs to be a fair wage and without a law against unfair pay many people would not be able to have enough money to survive so therefore,The government should be involved in raising the minimum wage because it needs to be raised, raising it will help our economy,and the minimum wage protects the poor and inexperienced.

Now we must turn to modern times to understand these next few questions. Why should the minimum wage raise? Why should we keep it the same? Why do we need a minimum wage? We are going to look at the first question which is why should we raise the minimum wage? We should raise the minimum raise because there are many people that are barely getting by. Many people feel that the 1% rule the united states and should share that wealth. The argument against that would be that the 1% earned that one why should they share it. The other side is we should just leave it alone. This side believes that its fine where it is and if you don’t like it get a better job. They believe that this is just the way works. If you want something work as hard as you can and achieve it. There are no barriers. The sad reality of this argument is that there are some barriers for people preventing them from working some position. The one argument that I like the most is the middle approach as I call it. The ones that agree it should be raised but not astronomically high. Let me explain this approach a little in depth.

Darity Has described minimum wage as: “Minimum-wage legislation has been to improve the terms of employment of the least-fortunate wage earners.” (Darity) Since the beginning of minimum wage laws in 1270 France the intentions of minimum wage legislation has been good. The idea is that a worker is worth a certain amount regardless of the work they are able to do. One can see how this could create inefficiencies in an economy. The law was meant to help poor families. Later in Britain, the father of economics, Adam Smith wrote his book called the wealth of nations. These basic economic principles can show the inefficiency of the minimum wage. If an employer is forced to pay more for labor, then in turn they must charge more for their product, or they must reduce the amount of on the job training.

Some say that money is the root of all evil, but at the same time, very few can argue against the fact that money makes the world go round. The United States is one of the wealthiest nations in the World, and while the economic situation in the United States is much better than that of China or India, money, or the lack thereof, is one of the biggest issues plaguing the Unites States of America. One of the key issues that have risen in recent times on the media is the widening wage gap between the rich and the poor, and the debate on whether or not an increase in minimum wage could solve the problem. While the whole nation would like to solve the issue of income inequality and minimum wage, the focus of this argumentative paper will be on the state of California. An increase in minimum wage should be adopted since everyone deserves to earn a livable age, especially when the reality of the economic situation in America points to the fact that the gap in income between the rich and the poor is greater than ever before. Some of the reasons why the minimum wage should be increased in California is because the minimum wage is not substantial enough to meet the living costs of California, there is plenty of wealth to go around for all to share, and the minimum wage has not kept up with the growing inflation and worker productivity. California in particular is quite an expensive place to live in so an increase in minimum wage is definitely needed.

An award is the minimum wages and the conditions an employee is entitled to which are set out in awards. They don’t apply when a business has other registered agreement or has an enterprise agreement and the employee is covered by it. Awards apply to empl0yees depending on what type of work he/she does or the job that they do. A business can be covered by more than one award depending on the jobs the employees do. Awards are enforceable documents containing minimum terms and conditions of employment in addition to any legislated minimum terms.