Minimum wage should be agreed upon to increase because no one should have to make the decision of keeping the lights on at their home or buying food for their kids to eat. The economy is growing and it is getting more expensive to live in the United States. At this rate, we will be back in a depression if pay is not increasing with the cost of living. In today’s world minimum wage is $7.25 and to rent a one bed room one bathroom is a $1,000 without water and utilities. Clothes, food, car payments, and gas to get to work and back should not be a struggle. Things have been getting crazy lately with the many protests that are going on behind this minimum wage scandal; the supreme court and the judicial branch is encouraging people to …show more content…
The Supreme Court is all for the people and group of workers that are requesting the increase to make ends meet as the cost of living is steadily increasing. The city of Seattle is being sued by certain franchises looking for the opportunity to have more time to work on raising wages for workers in their companies because of the amount of workers employed in their company. The supreme court offered to let the ruling of a smaller court stand because some people feel that more people in the economy with more money in the economy will cause the economy to thrive more and grow …show more content…
The Obama Administration is on its way to achieving their goal of doubling salaries which require government agencies to pay employers more overtime. President Obama and the Obama Administration understands that the law requires nothing less than poverty for any family of four whose income is less than $23,660. They are in the process of altering the definition of the law that exempt white collar workers from receiving overtime but the lower level workers, such as shift manager of fast food restaurant are not receiving their overtime pay