Its Time For a Change
Solution
"Working Women's Agenda" goal is to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. It would tear down all the barriers to higher education. The Cost of living is increasing meaning the time for a wage increase is already past due. The wage is simply not enough, anyone working a full time job should not be 40 percent under the poverty line. It will increase the standard of living for hardworking people across the nation. Raising the minimum wage is already widely supported by the american people, the only people holding it back are the rich selfish politicians who wouldn't be are afraid to cut the distance between the poor and the rich, "The Promise of our democracy has been broken when the views of a single wealthy donor can carry more weight than the needs of millions of hard working families" - A representative of National Working Families Organization.
Interview
Interviewer: Hey, how are you doing man i heard you just graduated high school and working, hows that going.
Vinny: Hey cousin, so yes i began working for enterprise while also attending ccbc
Interviewer: how much do you get paid at enterprise
Vinny: minimum wage
interviewer: do you think that's enough for your cost of living
Vinny: i am a person that doesn't go out much and even then this is simply not enough, my father helps me a lot and i am very thankful
Interviewer: Do you think you could one day support a family with this wage
Vinny: There is simply no way i could give my children a decent life with this wage which is why i am aspiring to continue college once I'm done ccbc, minimum wage is simply not enough
Interviewer: Do you think raising the minimum wage is a good idea?
Vinny: Yes i believe its necessary, there are families suffering from poverty and their parents work full time its simply not fair for them. It creates a greater distance between the rich and poor.
interviewer: Okay thank you man for accepting this interview i wish you the best of luck.
Vinny: My pleasure and thanks you too!
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It's a New Age, Lets Raise the Wage!
History
The minimum wage is the lowest money employers can pay their employees. The minimum wage wage sometimes varies by state. The minimum wage was established by The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). The original minimum wage was .25 cents an hour for about 20 percent of labor force. It has been adjusted 22 times since, most recently it was raised to 7.25 in 2009. Currently 21 states and District of Columbia has a higher minimum wage than the federal one. The highest minimum wage is Washington state with $9.38. The federal minimum wage is not to be increased with inflation but must be changed by congress. The last few decades the real value has decreased of the minimum wage. People earning minimum wage which about 1 and a half million people, are on the 60 percent poverty line meaning they earn 40 percent less than poverty levels. Most of these minimum wage owners are under 25 years old.
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