America's most valued workers, without them life would be very hard and we would always be so hungry do to our laziness. Fast food workers, are they paid enough because sometimes they can be true heroes to us, and give us the assistance we need when we need it most, when we are hungry. Often many people look down upon a fast food worker, or just think they are some teenager trying to make some quick money while attending school, because it is an easy, flexible task. For the most part, a fast food worker is what is described as a low waged worker. When at school a lot of the teachers might say that you want to do good in school because you do not want to end up flipping burgers at McDonalds. Fast food workers, are not paid that well, but it …show more content…
According to the article "Raising the Minimum Wage Is Still a Bad Idea" by Ramesh Ponnuru when simulating a raise for the fast food workers the poverty range did not change at all, not even one percent. Therefore, it kind of overlooks the argument that it will help those who are in poverty, because they will still be in poverty even after the extra money. The main beneficiaries of a supposed raise to fast food workers would actually be the middle class, and that is not something that is really needed since the ones who need the extra help are those who are in poverty. If in order to give fast food workers extra money they raise the minimum wage it will still hurt those who are in the poverty level most likely. The reason for this is that by raising the minimum wage it makes the employer look for workers who are more deserving of the extra money. Therefore a lot of the unskilled workers will struggle to find jobs in this market and will go from low waged workers to unemployed which will hurt them even more. In this case, overall it would be a lose-lose situation for the unskilled workers in poverty because although there will be a raise in the total money they can earn, it will be a whole lot harder to find a job for them due to their lack of skill, and maybe a more skilled middle class worker coming in their spot. For example, if the minimum wage goes up a person looking for someone to hire for their store will pick the person who can do the job better even if it is a little bit more money because the gap of minimum wage would not be that high so therefore the unskilled workers, who are usually already in poverty because they were not taught any skills when they were young because they grew up in