My mom was talking to me about a men and a lady working really hard and they met Obama…
Some argue that the US should raise the minimum wage because it would help families that don’t have a lot of money get money. While this may be true in some cases it is not true in most. Raising the minimum wage would mean that business owners would have to spend more money and they won’t want to waste their money on someone that doesn’t know what their doing so a lot of people would get fired. Only few people will remain and get paid well but the rest would be jobless.…
in lemons). Cooper has a very valid point in this statement. By raising the minimum wage, it allows people to function on their own. It allows them to feel secure about their money, more so then they did before. They feel that they have some breathing room in the situation, and don’t have to scramble for money. Yes, raising the minimum wage will not help immediately, but in the long run it will have a lasting effect on the person’s financial situation. Last year my mom received a small raise, and it didn’t really help at first, but later down the road we were able to pay off some things and get ahead. People just need that little bit of security to help them keep going in…
One of the biggest problems in America, affecting over 45 million citizens, is poverty. There is seemingly no solution to this, but many people are working very hard to come up with a way to lessen the sheer amount of poor people in the U.S. One of the solutions that has come up many times recently is that if the minimum wage was raised to an amount that would be substantial to care for a family, then the working poor could get out of poverty. Though this sounds great, there are some saying that this would not be beneficial to the economy, as it would cause inflation, and that the supposed “living wage” is not enough to buy an average apartment. However, minimum wage should ultimately be raised because it could help the poor get the money they…
State Of the Union Address 2013 While President Obama will primarily focus on discussing the economy and jobs for Americans, here are five hot topics you can expect President Obama to address in his annual State of the Union address.…
Cited: "Obama 's State of the Union Address (2010)." n.pag. SIRS Government Reporter. Web. 30 May 2013.…
The majority of American’s designated as being below the poverty level are working minimum wage jobs. The current economic buzz is rather or not to increase the minimum wage as a means of helping America’s poorest workers. The White House Council of Economic Advisors published a briefing in early 2014 that indicated that minimum wage could be raised 40 % without triggering job losses (Source 11). The positive aspect of this minimum wage increase would be passed down to 900,000 poor Americans who work these types of jobs (Source 12). To those living in poverty this is a positive solution to the reliance upon government welfare subsidies or the need to work multiple jobs to support growing families (Source 12). However, the Congressional Budget Office published another report in response to the proposed hikes that indicated that if minimum wage were to rise 40 % there would be a loss of over 500,000 jobs (Source 11). The idea of raising minimum wage to offset the needs of poor American’s seems like a quick fix for the issue of poverty. Yet, the loss of jobs for this same group of American’s seems unfathomable. The poor who typically work these minimum wage jobs are looking for relief from the pressures of long hours working multiple jobs in order to survive (Source 12). Either way the economic cost of America’s poor is passed on to all tax payers through increased taxes to…
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, President Obama has committed himself to forcing the minimum wage up through federal intervention. If he becomes successful, it will only cause harm to the economy, resulting in higher unemployment and less advancement. As I do my research I find that there are a few reasons as to why the minimum wage issue is a bad idea. Minimum wage may have an unfavorable effect on new candidates to the workforce. Those who do not have enough to too little work experience may be influenced to work for less than the existing rate.…
Opponents of this minimum wage raise believe it will lead to layoffs for employees in low-skilled jobs; however, the research indicates businesses will be stable enough to handle paying reasonably more to their minimum wage employees. Additionally, raising the federal minimum wage will allow millions of workers to be financially independent which will save the taxpayers millions of dollars otherwise going toward welfare for the minimum wage workers. Another benefit of raising the minimum wage is better quality lives for hard working Americans making the minimum wage; people working full time should not be in poverty and raising the minimum wage can ensure full time workers are compensated fairly. Undeniably, there is a problem in the American economy if a full time employee relies on welfare and does not have a home to go to after working hours on…
Though there are many Americans who believe an upsurge in the minimum wage is a constructive step for the federal government to take, the most recent wage trek could result in some harmful effects. President Obama stated in September 2014, “An increase in the minimum wage will boost income for the poorest workers without the danger of creating more unemployment.” Is this statement about an increase in minimum wage really accurate? There are two very distinct sides to the debate about minimum wage. The push for a minimum wage raise is a major issue in the world of economics and politics. Political figures often place their target on the public’s general ignorance of how economics work and rely people accepting their promise to increase the minimum…
The main theme displayed in President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Speech is equality among all Americans.…
The topic is the American promise, and what it contains, because Obama wants to remind the people, that the United States is the country, where anything is possible, as long as you work hard enough for it. As he mentions in the speech “(…) through hard work and sacrifice, each of us can pursue our individual dreams (…)”.…
In my opinion, Obama’s speech is about having a mindset on something and continuing to make that idea come to life. This is the ideal American Dream. For me, my American Dream is to attend CalArts, which is a college in California, or an art college somewhere in New York. It’s a very difficult college to get into, but if I keep up my GPA and work hard, I think it’s accomplishable. As for my parents, my dad told me his dream was to be the boss of his own restaurant. He’s been told by his friends that owning a restaurant was very difficult and that he wasn’t able to do it. Obama said that we are able to do anything if we put our best foot forward. It all has to do with the “our actions” and “our attitudes” and that’s what my dad did. Now, he…
As President Obama moves toward his fourth State of the Union address, he will be looking for policies that appeal to the country, but he will also try to rekindle the purpose of his administration. Inertia and intellectual exhaustion are fought with presidential initiatives.…
In his first term, the president passed the landmark Affordable Care Act, helping to put quality healthcare within reach for more Americans. He ended the war in Iraq and is working to end the war in Afghanistan, passed the historic Wall Street reform to make sure taxpayers never had to bail out big banks, and cut taxes for every American worker. The President believes an economy that 's built to last starts with a strong and growing middle class that’s why he has a plan to create jobs and restore economic security to working families. He’s been driven by the basic values that make our country great. ("About Barack Obama."Organizing for Action. N.p., n.d. Web. Mar. 2014) In…