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Minimum wage debate

Topic: Minimum wage debate: Economic standpoint

Kaylin's article is about why we should not raise the minimum wage and reasons why. She uses three articles to back up her stance. One of the articles: The Case Against The Minimum Wage by Daniel Bier talks about how economists agree that we should not raise the minimum, and then goes on to give examples on what would happen if we did raise the minimum. In the second article, titled The pros and cons of raising the minimum wage, by Chad Halvorson, talks about how raising the minimum wage will have more down sides than up. And last, but not least, the third article, 9 Reasons Why Raising the Minimum Wage Is a Terrible Idea; It's time for economic facts, not Fallacies, by Ira Stoll states how the minimum wage should be different in each state, and not have the federal government change the minimum wage.

Topic: Minimum Wage Effects on Employment Opportunities

Jennifer's article is about increasing minimum wage and its negative effects on employment opportunities. The article "Negative Effects of Minimum Wage" by Chris Edwards covers two reasons as to why raising the minimum wage would negatively effect employment opportunities in our country. Edwards explains each point in detail in order to support his argument.

Topic: By Comparison

 Thelma’s article focuses on the comparison of minimum wage between developed countries, Australia, in particular. Alanna Petroff, the author of the article This country has the best minimum wage in the world on CNN, does a quick debrief as to how Australian workers are living well from an economic standpoint. 

Topic: Need a Change in Lives of Low Wage Workers

Devanshi's article focuses on answering questions on why minimum wage should be raise and how low workers lives suffers from minimum wage. Peter Van Buren gives an quick view on where and how minimum wage is troubling workers through his article, "You Can't Earn Living on Minimum Wage."

Topic: The Effects of the Minimum Wage and Other Public Policies on High School Graduation  Katelyn Kowald; Presently with the recent constant rise of cost in Higher Education, the enrollment levels have slowly decreased for high school graduates, etc.  People are choosing to go straight into the workforce right after high school because they can’t afford to continue their education.  Unfortunately most these individuals will be lucky to earn anything more than minimum at their starting jobs with their lack of experience and college education.  This all seem problematic because people are in a way find themselves with very few opportunities of obtaining a better paying job, or the means to afford a college degree.  Finding a way to raise entry level pay (minimum wage) and facilitating the opportunity of obtaining additional education for the common workforce, would slowly but surely in many ways help those who struggle financially in our society today. 

Summary:

Should we raise minimum wage so fast food employee's make $15 an hour? Should we raise it so that  the single mother can make ends meet and still have time with her kids? Or should we not raise the minimum wage because, why pay someone a higher minimum if they do the minimum work, minimum effort, and minimum education. Minimum wage is a big debate, especially since Americans love their money.Many questions are left unanswered leaving us dazed. Follow along as Kaylin, Thelma, Jennifer, Devanshi, and Katelyn take on the roles of discovering and pointing out issues on whether or not minimum wage should be raised or just stay the same.