Minimum Wage Should Be Increased !

We all know that living in America can be pricey? Especially living in New York City if you know the meaning of expensive.  Sometimes it is impossible to make ends meet with the little salary we make. A lot of people often question how they are able to survive and maintain a living? Working day-by-day and from paycheck to paycheck just to meet the minimum requirements to survive. 

People need to work a lot of hours and dedicate their lives to their jobs just to make ends meet because the pay grade is horrible. In today’s day and age the minimum salary to pay workers is $7.25. $7.25 is not enough to take care of yourself much less a family, people need more money to survive and this is why minimum wage must be increased. People need to be able to feel comfortable with their pay and I mean I know not everyone is going to be satisfied but they need decent accommodation. People are struggling every day just to make ends meet all because what they make is never enough.

There is a petition to increase the pay grade to $9.00. $9.00 is not a lot but it is better than what the people are accustomed to. Light, gas, rent, water, and etc. cannot be taken care of minimum wage and especially if it’s a single parent family. The $9.00 will be a big step up from what people are receiving today, the cost of living in increasing rapidly and the wages is not moving. That is not fair to anyone who is trying to survive; it’s like a system that makes it impossible to succeed or to grow.

If the minimum wage was a little higher I believe there would be less crime amongst people. People steal to provide for themselves or to be equal to others. A lot of people are on assistance programs by governments because they cannot afford to live independently. A lot of kids are stealing to survive because they do not see the point of working the little pay. Times are hard and its proof, you see a lot of innocent kids struggling to help their parents. Parents are working longer hours just to have a decent pay to survive. Increasing minimum wage, would be a blessing to many across the world, the people need help.  

I am not saying that increasing the pay will be the ultimate come up. But it wills we a blessing and that $1.75 increase in pay will make a difference in your life. Everyone will be able to manage a little bit more and be able to provide more for him or her.

Do you believe minimum wage should be increased?