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In his January 2014 State of the Union address, President Obama called for a new federal minimum wage of $10.10 an hour. The year before, in the same speech, he proposed a $9 minimum wage. This article addresses the different reasons to increase and the issues with increasing the minimum wage. it discusses how it has changed over the years and states that the original minimum wage was 25 cents an hour back in 1938. There are quite a few interesting stats in this article.

I definitely that Obamas move to raise the minimum wage has caused more problems than it has done good. It's only created a sense of working less, doing less for more pay. People don't want to work hard, get an education, or persue a career goal in order to make money. It's seems more common that people just want what's easy and what gives them the most for their own selfish desires.

The cost of living increases while wages do not reflect the same. A person working for minimum wage isn't likely to afford a place to live with essential needs to also survive or merely just a place to live. The question remains is this keeping the US in poverty and depending programs to survive.

minimum wage has always been a huge topic for many hardworking Americans. I agree that the cost of living has increased due to the coivid 19 outbreak. yet our minimum wage remains the same leading to many Americans not affording the cost of living.

I agree that we need to protect the impoverished and the working class by raising the minimum wage. It is important to acknowledge that cost of living is going to follow the wages as it always does. If we want to truly change things for people with wages, then we need to establish a consistent cost of living to accompany the minimum wage.

This article talks about the ways minimum wage is nearly the same or less even when raised. It is shown that the cost of living goes up each year. This means that when we get a dollar raise prices inflate making that dollar not any more valuable. one phrase they said that I liked is that the ink doesn't get a chance to dry before it loses value.

This was exactly my thought when minimum wage was raised. What was the point if the cost of living just keeps rising and faster then the minimum wage? Working for $10 an hour after taxes and insurance take home pay won't help if the cost of milk is almost $3 maybe $2 when on sale.

This is an interesting article. While the cost of living goes up all the time, every time minimum wage goes up employers are forced to pay their employees more so they have to charge more for their services which in turn raises the cost of living.

This site lists the minimum wages for 2014 and 2015. It is categorized by state and also has future increases.

Companies respond to minimum wage increases

The author, Michael Salesman, begins his article by giving an account of President Obama's State of the Union address, where President Obama was encouraging Congress to raise the Federal minimum wage. The author announces his disagreement with the President and then dissects the reasons why people are for raising the minimum wage. The author ends his article by stating that campaigns for raising the minimum wage should end because what that are advocating for goes directly against what they say they want.

How minimum wage hike impacted low income workers.

Mandatory minimum sentences are the product of good intentions, but good intentions do not always make good policy; good results are also necessary. Recognizing this fact, there are public officials on both sides of the aisle who support amending some components of federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws.

Economists took different actions after minimum wage went up. Choices were to make employees work harder but cut hours or raise prices of products.

Some people believe that a rise in minimum wage is a good idea, but what they don't consider is the effects it can have on society. One effect is the rise of health care.

Is it beneficial for all or is it more expensive than its worth? How will this effect people not on minimum wage?

Census Bureau report confirms that wages are stagnant and raising the minimum wage will not benefit the US.

The minimum wage all over the United States is constantly debated wether or not it should increase or decrease. Here states Obama's view on the issue.

Hundreds of people across the United States protest for the fight of minimum wage to increase to $15. Protesters are hoping to prompt local governments to consider.

Christos Makridis, the author of this article, through his research has discovered that raising the minimum wage does not improve the issue of inequality in America, but that it has a negative impact on the workers it attempts to help. The author explains this negative impact by giving examples such as employers reducing hours which causes a lack of skill development due to lack of hours, also employers will not be able to have many incentives for new employees. The author suggested ways for reducing inequality in the latter half of his article by giving business more freedom in determining the wages and that businesses would educate their employees in an effort to increase their profitability and thus raising the wages of their employees.

This article discusses the minimum wage and how it needs to be raised for several reasons. The government needs to raise them since a lot of prices are going up for goods, supplies, and more.

The rising minimum wage in California is driving out small and medium sized businesses. In this article a garment manufacturer tells his story.

Police brutality has been an ongoing issue in America and does not seem to be solve any time soon. The article does state that there is somewhat progress at fixing the problem but the progression is very minimum. From King nearly getting beat to death to Brown getting gunned down by officer unarmed.

This editorial mentions the organization of fast-food workers to strike against unlivable minimum wages. The author hopes these actions will "breathe life" into a slowing labor movement, but states concern that the workers may not have the leverage to effect change.