Surviving with Eight Dollars

Surviving With Eight Dollars With eight dollars, I can get a great breakfast and lunch deal from a local fast food, and possibly even fit in an after-lunch snack, if I limit my spending. Eight dollars an hour is an agreeable minimum wage and should not be increased in California. In most states, living off of eight dollars an hour is horrible because the economy is down right now and prices for everything else are rising. But in the state of California, many make their way around just fine. Eight dollars an hour, working forty hours a week, that’s almost your monthly rent and groceries! You don’t need the fanciest furniture or the coolest technology around. If people learn to save their extra cash, living off of California’s minimum wage is just about enough. California may be the state where “dreams come true” but in most cities throughout California, dreams are able to come true without the government increasing minimum wage. For example, if the minimum wage is increased then the government will need to mint more money and the effect of minting more money is inflation. In response to this, the value of the American dollar will decrease and cause more harm to the already-beaten economy. Instead of raising the minimum wage higher, what companies really should do is create more jobs. Everyone knows that top-notch jobs need top-notch workers whom of course receive top-notch pay. But if their pay increases, then the amount of experience needed for these jobs will also increase since it is a high-paying job. Most applying for these jobs will get rejected because before, they had enough experience to work minimum wage in these companies, but with the wage and experience necessary increasing, the chances of landing a minimum wage job will decrease. This results in the unemployment rate in California to once again arise, creating more trouble for those residing in this state. California’s main goal right now should be to create more available jobs for the