Poverty inevitable without raise in minimum wage
Dominic DeCono
If you’re one of the millions of folks who works a minimum wage job, you know its hard to get by.
The price of living has been steadily rising over the past 30 years and wages for the most part have been stagnant.
Gas is nearly four dollars a gallon, the cost of rent and bills keeps getting higher, and no matter how many hours you work, it’s difficult to live a reasonable life on that wage.
The solution is simple; the minimum wage needs to be raised.
I can comfortably say I speak for many people out there who, day in and day out, are tired of busting their ass trying to make maybe 50 or 60 dollars and have it disappear to bills and other expenses.
How is it that there are corporations in the United States who can boast about making huge profits but can’t give the employees, the guys who actually do the real work, a decent income?
It’s not a business problem, it’s a policy problem.
President Obama stated in his most recent State of the Union address that he would like the minimum wage raised to $9.
That needs to happen soon.
For someone who works 40 hours a week, that’s almost 46 extra dollars per week that can go towards food, insurance, and maybe even a beer at the bar.
The worst part about all of this is that employers and businesses can afford to raise their employees’ wages; they just don’t want to cause they are cheap and can get away with it.
I get so sick and tired of hearing people complaining about how many people are on food stamps, poor and that this country is divided.
Well, if you actually give the people at the bottom a chance to actually earn enough money to live a little bit, then maybe they wouldn’t need government assistance to eat.
It’s not right, and needs to be changed.
