Tens of millions of Americans are living in poverty. Millions of those in poverty are full-time, minimum wage earning workers. This proves that we can’t simply live off of minimum wage. “With more family income, some people would choose to retire, go back to school, or have children, making it easier for others who need …show more content…
The earnings of minimum wage workers are crucial to their family’s wellbeing. Raising the minimum wage would help uphold some working families exceed the poverty line by mostly solving the primary problem with current minimum wage rate: it has failed to keep pace with inflation and the rising cost of living. In addition to providing a much-needed boost to low-wage families, increasing the minimum wage would also have other positive economic effects. Women and minorities who simply don’t have the skills to do certain jobs benefit from higher income. Immigrants come here to start a new life. With a new minimum wage they wouldn’t have to struggle as much and they could live in better conditions. This would help relieve discrimination against women and minorities and substitute for the market leverage these workers do not have. This would reduce income inequality, helping better us a country. What our country is based off