Raising Minimum Wage Analysis

Although many may argue that raising minimum wage should not be done because it’s just enough for people to provide their families many think that it isn’t enough and it needs to be raised. In the American Prospect they talk about how the minimum wage pay is way too low for people to live in a standard living environment. The author of this article is trying to express the fact that getting payed minimum wage is too little and it’s just enough for someone to pay the house bills and it’s not enough for people to get anything for themselves or even for their children. Although many think that it won’t help or benefit the poor it will because it’s giving them many more job opportunities and helping them provide for their families.