"The one thing you need to know about the minimum wage, it was designed for entry-level jobs that teach people soft work skills. It was never meant to be a career, it's meant to be a career starter... If they did this minimum wage thing, I'm telling you there'd be another 15 to 20 percent [of small businesses] that are going to go away... You can't afford it" (Rensi, 2013). The Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that the United States government has put into place which states what the federal minimum wage is. As of July 24th, 2009, the federal minimum wage in United States of America was set to $7.25. Over the years, there has been many people whom say that $7.25 isn’t enough to survive and want federal minimum wage to increase. …show more content…
Over the years many people have sought help from the US government for a higher pay rate and believed that $7.25 wasn’t enough to thrive in the US. The Harkin-Miller proposal to raise federal wages was continuously denied from 2012 and even till now in 2017; despite former President Obama’s support in 2014 when he bought up the bill to Senate, which was refuted on April 30th, 2014 (Procon.org, 2016). I believe that federal minimum wage should not be increased and should stay at $7.25 because it would force businesses to lay off employees, potentially hurt businesses and force companies to close or relocate, and cause inflation. There is so much evidence that points out how bad an increase of minimum wages will bring down the United States’ economy such as; loss of businesses, higher unemployment rates, currency will lose face value and living costs will raise. The Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which is a federal law that the United States government has put into place which states what the federal minimum wage is, has been amended for more than ten times and the federal minimum wage has increased so much over time which has become