current minimum wage is eight dollars and thirty-eight cents an hour in the state of New Jersey. Many minimum wage workers go on strike because they want the wage to be raised to fifteen dollars an hour. The wage should not be raised to the insane fifteen an hour. It should not be raised because unemployment rates will skyrocket‚ prices at stores where minimum wage workers work will go up‚ and because their jobs do not deserve fifteen dollars an hour. So why raise the wage? Is a minimum wage job worth
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many injustices in the world today. Animals are being abused. Women are being excluded from education. Minimum wage isn’t enough to support big families. All my classmates came up with unique organizations that help these causes and many more. My group focused on how minimum wage is not efficient enough for families to live off of. The economy should appreciate its workers and give them a just wage in America. The Open Arms Pet Rescue Organization impacted me personally. Its mission is to save dogs
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advocating the increasing on minimum wage‚are fully supported. Politicians like Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have the right idea when it comes to minimum wage. They want to impose laws so that states and federal government are required to increase the minimum wage whenever the cost of living rises (Johnston 1). There has to be an uprise by women‚ young workers and other low income individuals by having a peaceful protest to the government that the current minimum wage is not acceptable. Creating
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controversial issues that have been brought up are about the federal minimum wage‚ and its influence on society. On one hand‚ some claim that the federal minimum wage is to low‚ and in fact‚ needs to be raised so families can earn a living wage‚ but also help the poor‚ promote job growth‚ support workers‚ and decrease prices on many goods. One advocate of this view is Aaron Pacitti of The Huffington Post who asserts that “Raising the minimum wage is good economic‚ good policy and good for workers” (Pacitti)
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Their jobs don’t pay them enough money to pay for fees‚ food‚ rent‚ etc. It’s the same for adults too. To prevent this‚ the minimum wage should be raised. This could lead to increasing economic activity and jobs. Other benefits are higher school attendance and lower high school drop offs. However‚ it could increase layoffs and unemployment. Even though raising living wage can start some problems with more experienced workers‚ people gain more money to afford their needs. Some pros are larger finance
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I personally agree with this campaign and I think the minimum wage should increase. From a personal experience‚ I went through an agency and worked at a warehouse for two month. I worked an 8 hour shift‚ making $12.50 an hour‚ which was regarding for the work that I was doing and the work conditions I was working in. My work consisted of placing heavy merchandize into boxes and lifting up heavy boxes. The working conditions were terrible‚ I worked in the hot weather with fans that hardly worked and
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Hello Julia‚ I agree with you. minimum wage should not be raised because there will be high price production‚ and inflation‚ which will hurt consumer especially the low-income family. Raising the minimum wage commonly may be seen as a way to give a low-income worker a raise‚ but it resulted in a surplus since the minimum wage is a price floor. Surplus happens when the quantity of supply is greater than the quantity of demand. In this case‚ more people are willing to work than employers are willing
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Attention‚ PLEASE! After an excruciating minimum-wage work day at the rambunctious factory‚ arriving home to the luscious aroma of the fresh out of the oven red velvet cake would be paradise‚ right? Well... NEWS FLASH! Even if you had a moment to devour that savory cake‚ the agony does not end there. With five children to take care of‚ you scarcely have time to take care of yourself. If only you lived one day in pure ecstasy‚ then the idea of your oldest daughter taking ecstasy would fleetingly
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|Raising the minimum wage | | | |College Composition#1 | | | |7/22/2010
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Should students have a part-time job in their free time? Different countries and cultures may have fully different answers for the same question. Although Chinese nowadays are affected a lot by western culture‚ there are still existing much diversity between China and America‚ especially on this question‚ the differences are obvious. This essay will explain four differences of people’s attitude towards students working part-time in China and America. First of all‚ I will explain students’ attitude
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