Our debt is higher than it has ever been and grows larger every day. People are losing their jobs and unemployment is rising, along with costs due to unemployment benefits. Now is not the time for us to be selfish and demand that the government take care of us and our infrastructure without being willing to roll up our sleeves and pitch in. Nobody likes paying taxes but it is something we have to do if we are to keep our country and our economy strong. Without taxes we would have no police or fire support, our roads would be hazardous to traverse, not to mention no community hospitals or public schools.
Why Unions Want a Higher Minimum Wage February 25, 2013, 6:59 p.m. ET Labor contracts are often tied to the law—and it reduces the competition for lower-paying jobs. * By RICHARD BERMAN Organized labor's instantaneous support for President Obama's recent proposal to hike the minimum wage doesn't make much sense at first glance. The average private-sector union member—at least one who still has a job—earns $22 an hour according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's a far cry from the current $7.25 per hour federal minimum wage, or the $9 per hour the president has proposed.
How can the National Debt be reduced? The National Debt has been growing out of control for years, and looks like it will never come down to a reasonable number. People are wondering when will the deficit decrease and there are some answers, but none for sure. President Obama has brought up this issue and he says he has a plan to reduce it to a lower more reasonable number. The number of the National Debt right seems like it will never come down.
Johnson states, “Common sense suggest that raising the incomes of the poor is more complex than passing a law requiring that wages be increased because then it would be a simply matter to make everyone extremely wealthy by requiring that everyone be paid, say $100 per hour. According to Johnson, the economic analysis of the minimum wage question has not changed much throughout the last fifty years (Johnson). Economists rarely debate the issue among themselves, and “to them the continuing debate by others reflects not the limitation of economic science…but rather indicates that what is known is comprehended by so few, and is so poorly used” (Johnson). Economic analysis suggests that wage rates are like other prices, and are therefore determined by the interaction of buyers and sellers (Johnson). For example, if buyers want to purchase more than sellers want to sell, then buyers will offer a higher price, and price increases will stop only when the price is high enough so that buyers want to purchase only that amount that is available (Johnson).
If this this is something MoveOn practices, I don’t think I can support this part completely. I believe politicians should sell us on the good they have been able to do before they were elected, their character, and weather or not they will be to person who really listens to the people and makes our voices heard. I will acknowledge that MoveOn supports many candidates through donations that are less than $20 and that is something I would rather have than major corporations donating billions to “buy”
They had tried to find jobs through their network of friend and family contacts but still no luck. Well I say of course these methods haven’t worked! They are looking at the wrong places. The obvious and only guaranteed way to success these days is by landing a role on a reality show. You could be quickly earning thousands of dollars, while at the same time reducing the high unemployment rate.
Rent and utilities prices never went down, but minimum wage did. Gap between minimum wage and living wage creates more obstacles for low wage worker, and makes minimum wage policy meaningless. Very low wages can discourage workers to work at all and go into full dependency from government. Keeping up minimum wage with inflation rate is as important as having minimum wage. Real buying power of money is calculated each year.
Raising minimum wage would the minimum wage employees still dealing with the effects of the recession. Minimum wage employees live a tough life image only making minimum wage raising three children while also being a single mom or dad, those are very hard conditions to live through. How would you make it? How would you be able to support your children and be able to pay the rent, or mortgage payments? How would you make it on a day to day base’s it would be one of the hardest things that you’ve ever done but yourself in the shoes of a minimum wage employee.
It was marketed towards the citizens of the United States as a tool to “put Americans back to work” without adding “a dime to the deficit”(Epstein, 2013). This legislation is proving to be unsustainable due to it being hard to price on an annual basis (Epstein, 2013). While unemployment rates have been going down, the increase in jobs leans more towards part-time rather than full-time work (Epstein, 2013). This can also be attributed to the change in unemployment benefit laws, which restricted the length of time you can claim
The fact is the minimum wage law, when it was enacted, was never meant to be a means to support a family. It was to protect employees from unscrupulous employers that wanted to pay them less than they were worth. Most people who do earn the minimum wage are uneducated and do not qualify for jobs that pay more. People who desire a better salary should get a better education such as a college degree and or trade certificate if they want to compete in today’s job market. References Characteristics of minimum wage workers in 2013.