The article "Time For A Raise" by Patricia Smith is about President Barack Obama wanting to push up the minimum wage price from $7.25 to $9.00. In the article it says, "Obama wants Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour from $7.25, which would be the first increase since 2009."
But others do not agree. They feel that if the price of minimum wage goes up they cant afford it and they will have to start letting their workers go. Some people feel that it will affect the economy. The article states, "a restaurant owner in Texas has to boost the dish-washer's pay to $9, he'll probably have to raise the cook's already-higher salary as well. That leaves him with choices that some economists say are all bad for the struggle economy: He could make less profits, raise prices (which could scare off customers), hire fewer worker, or reduce the number of hours each employee works."
Some people agree to this change. The article says, "The majority of Americans can get a little more money in our pockets that will go back into the economy," Aldridge says, "I think it will help." Rajeev Dhawan, an economist at Georgia State University says, "What matters for people earning minimum wage is how much money they take home in their pay-check." "Their hourly rate may go up, but their number of hours may come down, so it's not an overall increase."
I think that the change of the minimum wage price is a good thing. I don't understand why people say that it will affect the economy and people will lose their jobs because people are already losing their jobs. Most people cant live off of nine dollars but its something good enough to start off with. How do people expect for working to have money in their pocket if their minimum pay is $7.25. $9.00 is not very much but its better than $7.25. Especially for teenage workers, its not a lot of money but to them that $9.00 is better than anything; as long as they can buy things with their money they don't care. And to older adults that work that $9.00 is not very much to them but its something that they can get by with until they get a promotion to something higher or until they get another job that can pay more.
People cant be picky about what they want. Now I understand that it may mean that some workers has to get laid off, but not to be selfish, managers just need not to hire anyone else if they feel that they will have to lay off workers that they know work hard. Its just not fair. But if you where someone who has had a rough life and has been through some drug problems and someone was trying to give you a job that start paying you at $9.00/h , wouldn't that put a smile on your face?
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