Issue #2: Boosting the Minimum

Many voters who were angry that minimum wage had not risen in 10 years supported Democratic efforts to raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour. It would raise the take home pay and allow many to rise above the poverty level. Congress passed the new minimum wage law, but a full-time worker being paid minimum wage at times still cannot rise above the poverty level. Many believe that raising minimum wage would positively affect millions of Americans and it would boost the economy. But the people on the other side of the argument believe that raising the minimum wage would be counterproductive. They believe that minimum wage won't help fight poverty because it only affects a small percentage of the workforce, and most people earning minimum wage are teenagers. It would lead to higher prices and job cuts, which hurt the economy. They belieev that a better way to help the working poor would be to expand the EITC.

I am in agreement with the first side of the argument, the side that is for a rise in minimum wage. I say this because many people out there are struggling to keep themselves and their families over the poverty level. People out there are struggling and just can't live off of minimum wage. People need to understand that not everyone working for minimum wage is a teenager; some people try to live off of minimum wage, and it's almost impossible at the current time. We should boost minimum wage to help the people who need help and who simply need to make more money to survive. The economy would be just fine with raising the minimium wage; people would have more money to put into it. We should raise minimum wage to a wage that anyone can live off of.
Many other people believe that minimum wage needs to rise also. Here is the opinion of people who share my beliefs about this issue:
http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/issuebrief201/

Issue #1: http://alyciass2.blogspot.com/2010/04/jobs-and-welfare-blog-entry.html
Issue #3: http://shannon-thoennes.blogspot.com/2010/04/issue-3-putting-welfare-to-work.html