The American Future

Many Americans work solely to pay for food, electricity, and housing. In response to this “nearly 30 states have raised their minimum wage to combat job loss, poverty, and economic inflation.” (http://www.pewresearch.org). This just goes to show that more than two thirds of the country are willing to raise their wages, because the local government thinks that it is absolutely necessary in order to allow people to live sustainably. States such as California have raised their wages up to as high as $15.00! Raising the minimum wage has helped many people begin to start to live healthy lives, and it provides a way for families to expend for necessities if they work at or near minimum wage,

The future of America, that’s what all the people are asking. Well I think we will be focusing on military more, because we are a super power and we “need” to have that status in the world. We have done this for a long time. Also we are the land of the free and we try to make the world the same as well. America that we see today will not be here in 2040 or 2050, but it will be better in the future because we will have better stuff like medicine, technology, and probably style too. We don’t know what the future is going to be like but we can help make it better for the people that will see the future of America

When there are millions of Americans living at or below poverty lines, something has to be done. Billion dollar companies and businesses that employ workers, paying them low wages is hurting the economy. The reality is, unless the minimum wage is raised, the cycle will only continue. With higher minimum wages in place, the entire country does better and, therefore, should be raised. There needs to be laws put place to raise the minimum wage. Doing so would boost the economy with all of the money that Americans would put into it. With higher minimum wages, millions of Americans can get out of poverty, not having to rely on the government for assistance such as food stamps, public housing, child care, and health care needs. They can afford better housing options in which they want to live. Communities would see less crimes in neighborhoods creating a safer environment. Aside from that, Americans can afford a good education, health care, as well as healthier eating and exercising habits.

Nowadays, there are a lot of people who have no choice but to work a job that only pays the minimum amount which is, $7.25 an hour. There are multiple problems with this because understanding that the total that individuals living off this have does not equal up to the cost of living. It is in fact far below it. It is manageable, but extremely difficult to live off this amount for only one person. Single parents are barely making ends meet with this, minimum wage is in desperate need to be changed and increased to something a lot more manageable.

Although America is known as the richest country in the world, 43 million of its citizens are in poverty. Unfortunately, some of them work full time, yet are still in poverty due to the low minimum wage (“Should We Raise”). In 1928, the first federal minimum wage of 25 cents per hour was set by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to prevent workers from being underpaid. Since 2009, the federal minimum wage has been $7.25 (Smith). The age old debate of whether or not to raise it is still going on in the US. The federal minimum wage should be increased to keep up with inflation, help support the poor, and stimulate the economy.

The selling point that has brought people to the United States for centuries is the American dream: Prosperity, Luxury, Opportunity, and so on. Unfortunately for many, this dream has been squandered by the receding economy of an indebted country. As inflation runs rampant, the value of the U.S. dollar decreases, lowering the value of household and business incomes. This economic recession has led many, especially those who only earn the minimum wage, to poverty. According to the United States Department of Labor, “The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour” (“Wage and Hour Division”). Some people believe that a solution to this problem is to raise the minimum wage; however, doing so would ultimately result in a negative effect on the

According to procon.org “if we were to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 there would be economic loss of up to 500,000 jobs.” When people think about the idea of making $10.10 an hour they think about money not all the other people that will probably get laid off if the minimum wage goes up. In a recent survey they asked 1,213 businesses what they would do if the legal minimum wage were to go up to $10.10. This survey showed “38% of employers who currently pay minimum wage said they would lay off some employees if the minimum wage was raised to $10.10. 54% said they would decrease hiring levels.”(procon.org) This is a highly substantial loss of jobs in the U.S.

In present times in The United States the average person working a decent full time job is only earning $15,080 with the minimum wage of $7.25. That money is in your pocket if you work those 40 hours each week for a year which sounds like a decent amount of money, but now imagine all the expenses you do throughout the year as well. The money earned is not sufficient enough to care for families. If the minimum wage it is raised families will be able to live in decent homes, survive everyday obstacles.. The minimum wage needs to be raised to an amount where families are able to only work one job and not two or three.

Hi, today I will be presenting my paper to show how I feel about America and our hope for the future. I think that America can potentially be a better place than it is now, but we have some major work to do. Our country has went downhill in the past few years.

The Brookings Report provides a useful lens on America’s future by recognizing the demographic shifts that are transforming the metropolitan areas of today. The five new realities represent new changes to metropolitan areas such as the continued growth and outward expansion of our population; its ongoing racial and ethnic diversification; the rapid aging on the horizon; our increasing but selective higher educational attainment; and the intensified income polarization experienced by workers and families

The average American in the today 's society cannot live off of $7.25 an hour. In cities, such as New York, the cost of living is far too high for a minimum wage pay rate. Jobs that pay minimum wage are paid bi-weekly, those people that are paid bi-weekly have a tough first week, and it can also make the following week after that hard as well. The average American household spends about $151 every week on groceries, that amount will consist of about half of a person 's check if they are paid minimum wage seeing as how during a full 40 hour work week they make $290 dollars not to mention the breaks that they are required to clock out for so the average person doesn’t even see a whole 40 hours in a week full-time or

Intro: People of the middle class all know that the minimum wage of $7.25 is not sufficient to maintain a comfortable lifestyle. There is considerable evidence to show that the current generations comfortable lifestyles require a more luxurious price for standard living. The cost of living over the years has dramatically increased due to high consumer demands of products. As that being said, $7.25 is just not enough for a happy lifestyle, food, and the bills. There are many jobs that dislike or just can't afford paying high wages. Therefore, many employers hire less to save money. This causes a non-sufficient pay rate for comfortable living and high unemployment

I am pessimistic about America’s future for the following reasons; First, there is the bureaucracy, which is dysfunctional from ceasing to operate in a reasoned manner. Next, there is the education system, where we are constantly confronted with disappointing statistics on test scores and low performance compared to other developed nations. Last, there is the national debt, in which the interest rate alone has been bigger than what is spent on Medicare. The interest paid per year increases and could eventually be more than all other spending.

America has always been viewed as the richest and freest nation in the world. America has grown from thirteen self-governed states, to a nation with a strong central government of power and wealth. The change in society has allowed the U.S. to grow into what it is today. Without the change in views and the responsibility of the citizens the economy would have never grown to be strong and wealth. The nation is effected by many different variables. One variable effects the other. The nation was started and has progressed to where it is today, but with rises and downfalls in all areas of life from education and small families to economics and large businesses.

The way the future is heading seems to be very clear but as before things may