Minimum wage is inhumane and should be raised in order for the U.S to reduce poverty rates and help our economy grow. If there is lower poverty rate that most likely means a better economy for the U.S. Also if the minimum wage is raised employees with low incomes and minimum wage jobs would be able to feed and provide the simple necessities for their families .
Raising the minimum wage will reduce poverty in the U.S making it a better country to live in. If the minimum wage is raised it would really help out workers working for this wage provide for their families and pay their bills which can be hard sometimes to some minimum wage workers. According to www.cnsnews.com and other census records about fourty-nine percent of people receive government help such as : food stamps,housing,etc, These people most likely are in need of these benefits because of a low income from a minimum wage paying job and having to pay for bills and stuff needed in their living enviorment. If the minimum wage is raised then these people would not need this help from the government and our taxes they would be making at least just enough to get by without this help.
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http://www.alternet.org/ states that the standard minimum wage wich varies for all workers is not enough to lift all workers and their families out of poverty , all minimum wage workers aren’t teeneagers ; most of them are the only provider of the family meaning they would have to be paying for food,basic home nessesities,gas,insurance, and most importantly electric bills, gas bills,water bills,