Do you make enough money to get by, well many people do not and the people struggle paying for food, bills, and daily needs. In addition to not making enough money to get by people are talking about passing a law to raise the minimum wage. As we the people that could be affected by the law to raise minimum wage should we support or oppose the law due to the changes it may bring. Minimum wage is what many jobs pay and it is hard for the lower class Americans to get by with that little pay. Many people work over 70 hours a week just to get by paying bills, getting food to eat, and just one's daily needs to survive. The nation's minimum wage is $7.25 and people are fighting to get a higher pay so one can live without the stress of living day to day. Many people could be benefited if the wage to $15. “The law, which would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, affects hundreds of thousands of workers and makes Los Angeles the largest city in the country to mandate higher pay for workers at the bottom of the income ladder. Backers predicted the action here could reverberate across the nation, ultimately aiding millions of Americans.” (Emily Alpert Reyes and David Zahniser, Jun 4, 2015, p. A.1). Yet, …show more content…
“Villatoro, 54, gets paid for driving tires and furniture from Los Angeles-area ports to railway stations. But in return, he has to compensate the company for renting a truck, parking, insurance on the vehicle, and maintenance. He also buys diesel fuel. Those expenses, which Villatoro says hover about $900 a week, sometimes leave him with a "negative paycheck. ""I tell [my wife] 'Look, the work was slow. We aren't going to have much to buy food. We have some savings, and we have to spend that on food this week.' " (Natalie Kitroeff, Apr 4, 2016, p. A.10). This is the struggle of many American people, one needs to get a higher minimum wage to help support one’s