Time For A Raise?

In the article "Time For A Raise" by Patricia Smith talks about how President Obama is trying to get minimum wage to go up from $7.25 to $9.00 per hour. But some people are against it because if they have to pay empolyers more money they would have to fire some of their help.

In the article it had stated, "Obama wants congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour from $7.25, which would be the first increase since 2009." Another quote that were opposition. Many companies that hire low-wage workers have opposed raising the minimum wage because it increases their cost of doing business and, they say, makes them less able to hire new workers or give current employees raises." My last example from the passage that was stated, "Business owner say that rasing the minimum wage also exerts upward pressure on other wages."

I think that obama is right about people are not going to be able to survive on a income of 7 dollars an hour because price keep going up on everything. I also think that the raise would be a big help towards families and also towards stores. I think if people make more money they can spent more money at stores buying things instead of hardly having money to buy some food for the children at the end of the day. I also disagree because business wouldnt be able to keep all their workers and it would be alot of people that would help to run their households. I also disagree because I wouldnt be able to get a summer job no more because no business would be hiring nobody. I think it going to be hard for me to get a job in a later on in the future if the business wind up having to pay workers more money. I think it going to also affect the way I pay for collage. I think I would have a hard time because I would have to take care of myself and I also think Im going to be straggling and imma be in in debt.

This reminds me of a time when my mom had a hard time taking care of me and my brother because she wasnt making enough money because she was a young teen mother and she also had bills and children to take care of. She was staggling because she needed more money but she couldnt get a better job because she only had a high school ecducation. But now in time she has a job that pays a little bit better but she is still making minimum wage. So I feel if obama raise the minimum wage to the 9 dollars to start with I think she would be straggling as much no more and she will have a more relaxing life.