Dayshira capers

February 24, 2013

In this article time for a raise by: Patricia Smith. This article is about how Barack Obama wants to raise the federal minimum wage to nine dollars an hour. It is also about how people think if this is a good idea or not. This article includes quotes from the president and represents ivies for business, and also includes facts on the topic. One quote that stood out to me was “this single step would raise the incomes of millions of working families” this quote stood out to me because the president had a view of the situation that if he went through with raising the minimum wage that it would help people and be a very good idea. Another quote stated “making employees more expensive for companies to hire might increase unemployment. This view is the opposite of the president they know this idea would lead to unemployment which is already high. I think that this could be a good idea because people who get minimum wage we be doing better and would not have to rely on the government for help. But I also think this could end up bad because people could possibly lose their job and its more people that will have to get on unemployment. This article reminds me of a situation when my aunt was on unemployment for a year and really didn’t get a lot of money and in her lifestyle she spends a lot of money on certain things and could not spend as much money as she used to. This article made me think about how people may be struggling off their minimum wage and they would be happy if they could get more money. But then people will possibly lose their jobs and become on unemployment and this could make the economy worse.