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Dylan Carbone (Edison): Cant even have a minimum life on minimum wage
As we all know in the United States there is a minimum wage. Right now this is at $7.25 per hour (http://www.dol.gov/whd/flsa/index.htm). This wage is defiantly not enough to support any single independent person completely. If a person works a 50 hour work week they will make $362.50 before taxes. In a year this person will make $18,850 if they worked every single week 50 hours. The average cost of living in the US is about $95 a day (http://www.chacha.com/question/what-is-the-average-cost-of-living-in-america). If you do the math this is about twice what the minimum wage 50 hours per week person can make. Even with the most extreme of rationing and cost saving a single person cannot live on minimum wage alone. So why don’t we have a minimum wage where a person can support themselves? I purpose a minimum living wage. A federal standard that all INDEPENDENT people should make no matter where they work. To acquire this standard a person would have to prove independence some way to the govt. and their employer. This wage should be intended for the 30 something year old who has no other choice than to work at publix and not the kid who is trying to make some extra cash. It seems like a lot of the people on welfare and unemployment need these programs because minimum wage just doesn’t cut it and they need federal help. So why not give people an adequate minimum salary that they can truly live on rather then just hand them money because they are lacking funds.
4. March 2010 at 04:26
Minimum wage is unnecessary. Certain positions will only provide a set level of compensation no matter how good you are at the job. One example is a job bagging groceries this position has a ceiling to how much to the employer is willing to pay. If someone has the drive they can work their way up the pay scale to make a higher standard of living. The government should not tell businesses that they must pay a certain person a higher wage because they are entitled to it. That person should work harder to earn a higher paying job. What you’re proposing is Marxist socialism. “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs,” Karl Marx. The argument will not end at just salaries doesn’t everyone deserve a decent house shouldn’t the government provide this as well. The answer is always no the more government regulates the less freedom you have. Success should be something everyone strives for not something taken away from someone else to give to you.
30. April 2010 at 02:14
I agree with this post especially after seeing the documentary of the guy that tried to live off the minimum wage for several months (same guy that did “Super-size Me”). It was horrible and sad and I think the minimum should be raised.