Minimum Wage Problems

Marx 's conflict theory has a very distinct ideology, it is stated that it mainly focuses on the causes and effect of class conflict between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The Bourgeoisie represented the members of a higher society which held onto the majority of the wealth and means also known as the owners of the way of manufacture and the capitalistic. While the proletariat class was constructed by individuals who belong to the working class or the poor. While they would focus on the economical, societal, and governmental implications of the rise of the capitalist economy in Europe. With the rise of the capitalist economy, it was theorized that the bourgeoisie,

Ira Knight, who is an author of article “Let’s Make the Minimum Wage a Living Wage”, expresses an opinion that increasing the minimum wage would help all struggling workers and at the same time improve U.S economy. On the other side, Janice Steele in her article “Keep the Minimum Wage Where It Is” argues that raising the minimum wage would have bad effects on workers, consumers and small businesses. Ira Knight’s article seems to be the stronger of the two positions because her arguments are based on several recent studies, and last but not least, she had a personal experience with the minimum wage job.

The article was about an area in California, a couple of hours from Los Angeles, and used it as an example of how suburban areas are becoming poverty stricken. The first part of the article followed a family of that had lost their jobs in LA, and were forced to move out to find cheaper living arrangements. They had to move because they could not find new jobs in the area, but at the same time, where they moved they still could not find any jobs. The article covered topics of help centers and free clinics to help the poor, and how the issues with these help centers was that none were really around the inland counties, or rather very few. The suburbs were always where the middle class and wealthier went in the past, and those establishments were

The issue of the minimum wage has recently come to the forefront of the debate on social policy. There is much disagreement over the wisdom of an increase in the minimum wage in the current fragile economic recovery. Some argue that a dramatic increase is what is needed in order to lift the standard of living for those in the bottom of the economic pyramid. Economists reason that the basic principle of supply and demand mandates than an increase in the wage would result in the loss of available jobs. Small businesses maintain that it would spell their doom.

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.

In the article, “Minimum Wage Laws Are Immoral and Harmful,” the author is stating that their issue is: raising the minimum wage harmful? The author’s belief is minimum wage shouldn’t be raised, but also be abolished in the first place. The author’s reasons are the government tells the employers to raise the pay for their employees more than what their work is worth. This will lose the motivation from employees to earn higher wages as they continue to work. Also as the minimum wage rises the employers need to find some solution to be able to pay their employees, employers losing chances to find potential workers and to fire some employees, especially the new and inexperienced who will lose work experience they need. With the Author wishing to abolish the minimum wage, he believes that employers should pay however how much the wage can be on terms between the employer’s judgment and the employee. There shouldn’t be a national law of how much the minimum wage the employees should get.

The minimum wage debate brings about a range of reactions from different people. There are those who believe that there shouldn’t even be a minimum wage and that wages should be determined by the markets. On the other hand, we have those who vigorously argue for increasing the wage minimum citing inflation, the poverty line and worker productivity. Regardless, we do have a federal minimum wage rate in the United States at $7.25 per hour, with some states having a higher minimum wage than the federal minimum. President Obama, in his first state of the union address of his second term proposed “Tonight, let’s declare that, in the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty, and raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour” (The White House 2013). A year later, he has revised that number to $10.10 per hour after signing an executive order that has already raised the minimum wage for federal workers to that number. (The White House 2014). With more and more states raising their own minimum wage, a minimum wage increase seems almost imminent with Democrats and Republicans getting closer to a deal. (Bolton 2014). But we are more interested in the efficiency of a minimum wage implemented at the federal level. The main question that surrounds this debate is whether this price floor in labor markets is efficient given that the stated goal of the minimum wage is to make sure full-time workers earn a living wage and are above the poverty line.

The world is filled with luxuries such as personal islands, gold-plated cars, or crystal pianos. What about everyday items like food, clothing, and shelter? Families in the United States can barely afford such items because of an American tragedy: the minimum wage. Though the sights and sounds of fluttering money is alluring, it is also elusive. The minimum wage is a tragic loss for the United States because it cannot even provide the bare minimum for employees working tirelessly for it. Opposition of raising it can be negated by statistics that show how the country can move into a brighter future. Data from economic research shows

In the United States the time has come for the next president to be elected and the political fervor has come early this year with an unconventional, surprisingly interesting primary race. With the coming of a new commander in chief the incessant grilling of the candidates has begun and issues, such as poverty in the United States, are being given the national spot light during debates. The issue of poverty has recently gained traction among citizens as well as politicians, and to the credit of the activists behind the increase in outspoken rhetoric gaining increased traction. When each of the politicians on their respective stages discussed the issue at hand, the validity of the problem heightened. This has created minimum wage as its own political issue, which has moved it away from being a suggestion for a problem into a problem of its own. Minimum wage is a flawed approach to the ever expanding problem of poverty. Actions will be taken to battle poverty, however, minimum wage is not the best direction for America to proceed in. A higher minimum wage does more harm than good, hurting the American economy, increasing the price of needed goods, and raising unemployment.

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.

The bill was created to “provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage”, H.R.1010, was introduced March 06, 2013 by representative George Miller of California and 197 other cosponsors under the Democratic party. The bill hoped to increase the minimum wage to aid the economy by boosting consumer spending and aiding working class families. The house of representative bill was “referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. To become a law it must pass both the U.S. House of Representative, U.S. Senate and then signed by the president of the United States or override the president’s

For the debate unit I took a quiz and got the working families party. This is a relatively great party because it has all the right reasons to choose that this party. From the party I chose the minimum wage issue. I chose this topic because minimum wage is a huge world problem in society that is going on currently, that needs change to solve it. Minimum wage in the United states is $7.25 per hour. It is set by the network of the federal, local, and state laws. The employees must pay the workers the highest minimum wage enrolled by the federal. State, and local laws. We need to change this system by raising the prices for LDC’s to afford for their families.

Michigan's minimum wage is currently placed at eight dollars and fifty cents an hour and will be rising for the next couple years (Minimum Wage, 2016). Minimum wage laws are still a controversial topic among economist and are commonly utilized in campaigns as a promise to help the poor but how does this price floor impact the industries it affects. This paper will explore Michigan's current minimum wage law, its conception and history, the problem it was supposed to fix, it's effectiveness in solving the problem, how it helps and hurts the economy, what it costs and its unintended consequences, and my beliefs on Michigan's minimum wage

Small business owners in the U.S are very controversial about raising the minimum wage. Even though, most of the small business owners said they do not employ minimum wage workers, half of respondents said the federal minimum wage should be raised while the other half disagrees (Janofsky, A., Josephs, L. (2015). Many cities in The U.S have voted to increase the minimum wage. According to research, many small business owners said they planned to raise wages this year (Janofsky, A., Josephs, L. (2015). Business owners who employed workers making minim wage said they would offer a $1 raise within one year. Overall, about 15% of small business owners said more than half of their workers earned the minimum wage.

Dealing with low wage jobs is not easy. Some people really need their money so they become in fear of losing their jobs. They always have to be nice and respectful to customers if they are giving them a hard time. If a problem occurs they have to think quickly on how to fix it because those small things become enormous. For example if a worker shows up late to work then the manger will send them home ,so they came to work wasting their time and gas for nothing. Even if the person had a great excuse they will not have a care in the world. All of these problems is for minimum wage and it is not worth it.