Minimum wage workers calling for help

There are countless minimum wage workers striving to make a living. It has become almost impossible to live with minimum wage because the cost of living has gone up drastically. Education is essential today, but so many folks miss out on the opportunity because of money. Young students rarely get a job that pays them more than the minimum wage, because they do not have experience in the field. For young students, it is normal to be getting paid less than the ones who are older and more experienced. But they still need money to live: to pay for their education, to pay for the car and gas, to pay for the insurance, and many more. A person living on his or her own cannot survive with minimum wage.



There are countless of hard-working adults who suffer to raise his or her family. As the cost of living goes up, it becomes almost impossible for the minimum wage workers to raise a family. Since the cost of living has sky rocketed, the minimum wage should be raised too. Roger M. Quincy, a minimum wage worker and a father, agrees with the fact that a raise on the minimum wage is urgent. Here's what he has to say about the issue: "I have been working at McDonald’s for two years and it is very difficult to make ends meet on only $8.25 an hour. My wife and I raised our kids on minimum wage salaries and it was very hard for us to support our family and pay for basic needs like clothes and food. Right now we are dependent on food stamps because the cost of living is so expensive. Since the cost of living has kept increasing, I believe that the minimum wage should increase as well so that people can at least make enough money to survive." People should not have to fight for equal pay for equal work. Quincy is not the only one having trouble with surviving with the minimum wage; there are so many hard-working people out there in the same situation. As mentioned above, people become dependent on the government's support and things cannot improve that way. The minimum wage workers become more dependent on the government's support because it is almost impossible for them to make ends meet without it when they have so many things to pay for. Also, the economy cannot grow when so many people are having trouble with just surviving on their own. A raise on the minimum wage will: reduce poverty, help the ones in need, encourage people to get jobs, make a better living for the workers, and bring so much more benefits that can help the economy to grow.

Citation:
Raise The Minimum Wage. NELP, n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2013. <http://www.raisetheminimumwage.com/pages/worker-stories>.

The minimum wage should be raised

The averge national minimum wage for the U.S is about $7.25. That's not enough to live with.
Most of the minimum wage workers work for big corporations like McDonald's. The big corporations claim that they can't afford to pay the workers good enough. It does not make any sense at all to claim that, when the CEO's pay is skyrocketing every year. We all agree with the fact that the hard-working workers deserve more than $7.50 an hour. It is right that the CEOs deserve to get more than the workers, but taking away the workers' money and filling their own greedy stomach isn't the right thing to do. An article on the topic states: "At present, a minimum wage earner working 40 hours a week without ever taking a vacation will make $15,080 a year" (Khan). Isn't that way to low to live? Think about those people working hard without taking any vacations, and perhaps without having a proper social life. A raise on the minimum wage is crucial in our country.

If the minimum wage is raised, it will have a positive impact on our economy. The economy will become more balanced in terms of treating everybody equally. The minimum wage has been a big issue/problem since long time ago. Our president, Mr. Obama outlined a plan to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9. Someone who is most familiar with our country's economy and social, the president, views the raise on the minimum wage as a crucial problem. How more reliable can it be? Our nation definately needs a raise in the minimum wage. Think about all the hard-working people working for such a low money. As shown on the image above, what are they worth? No one can judge how valuable other person is, but you will surely agree with the fact that every hard-working men and women are worth more than $7.25 an hour. Usually, the jobs with minimum wage are more labor-related jobs; meaning they are more physical and hard. Each and every person of our country is equal, and we all deserve more than that.

Citation:

Khan, Shamus. "The Promise of More: Why We Should Raise the Minimum Wage." Time Ideas. Time, 21 Feb. Web. 18 Mar. 2013. <http://ideas.time.com/2013/02/21/the-promise-of-more-why-we-should-raise-the-minimum-wage/>.