Persuasive Essay On Minimum Wage

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The federal minimum wage currently in the United States is $7.25 an hour. Australia’s minimum wage is $16.88 an hour, Canada’s minimum wage is $9.75 an hour, and United Kingdom’s minimum wage is $9.83 an hour, the United States’ minimum wage in comparison is much lower. (Boesler) Living wages in America vary from state to state and county to county. ("Introduction to the Living...”) The range of living wages in Florida as a whole is $10.12 an hour for Broward County it is $11.72 an hour for just one adult. These living wages are higher then minimum wage by $2.87 for Florida, and $4.47for the county which means is for one adult living on minimum wage they will need government aid to be able to pay all their bills or get necessities. I believe that minimum wage should be raise to $10.00 an hour because it will help all …show more content…

For example, in Alabama the current living wage need is $8.51 an hour in California the living wage needed is $11.20 an hour. ("Introduction to the Living...”) $10.00 an hour seems too much for a minimum wage in a state such Alabama but a better amount then $7.25 for California. This change of $10.00 would be a great in the states because the surplus would small in the state then if it were to be change to $15.00 minimum wage which is too much for either state for a single adult. (Kirby) With people in some states like Alabama who will have over the amount they need with the $ 10.00 minimum wage it will benefit those full time workers to move faster out of poverty line and into the middle class. A growing middle class will be beneficial to the United States because it promotes a growing economy. People in both Alabama and California will have more money to survive on. Florida will have almost enough for a single adult missing the mark by 12 cents if the minimum wage was changed to

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