Minimum wage- what’s the flaw in it.
As you see our society is so unbalanced economically that we don’t seem to see a equal wealth distribution, to be exact not even close. The rich just keep getting rich, and the poor have no hope in making it out of the maze, unless they come up with a million dollar idea, which is very, very rare.
Our society gives so much importance to the wealth factor, and largely on how much we show off. We tend to give CEO’s pay raises of millions of dollars, and the minimum wage workers strive to get even a $.25 pay raise. Sure, its true that since the society has different types of people, we have to pay workers more who have more ability in doing something. The question is, why does congress and the society itself put “minimum wage” workers as a burden. Do you think the society would die off, if we didn’t give our actors $25 million a movie, CEO’s another $ 20 million raise? The answer is obviously, no.
The minimum wage is so left out that we don’t give any hope in it. We just want the poor to work, while the rich get all the raises, and the comfort of life. Like I mentioned earlier, do you think the society would survive without a actor, or a top star athlete? Well, do you think we would survive without our garbage men? We need them, because without them our environment would be a mess.
Minimum wage has to be increased because it isn’t keeping up with the inflation in the market. Making a living on the current minimum wage - which stands at $6.67, is nearly impossible. A milk price going up nearly 50% within in the past year, clearly, shows earning a living with such type of wage can be difficult, if not impossible.
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