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Alright! The resolution looks fine so I won't add any words to it. s://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com...; alt="" width="548" height="398" /> As we all know the minimum wage is currently 7.25$. But yet--people cannot afford anything with the measly 7 dollars 25 cents per hour. Just look at this chart: [http://www.themarysue.com...]Another graph from http://www.epi.org..., shows us that the value of cash has inflated so that workers now must have at least $10.10 per hour, NOT 7.25 as originally thought of. FIGURE A Real value of the federal minimum wage, 1968–2014 and 2014–2017 under an increase to $10.10 by 2017, compared with its value had it grown at the rate of various benchmarks Year Real minimum wage Real minimum wage (projected) Real average wages of production, non-supervisory workers Real average wages of production, non-supervisory workers (projected) U.S. total economy productivity U.S. total economy productivity (projected) 1968 9.58 9.58 9.58 1969 9.17 9.78 9.62 1970 8.75 9.85 9.76 1971 8.38 10.07 10.12 1972 8.14 10.51 10.39 1973 7.65 10.49 10.64 1974 8.70 10.21 10.47 1975 8.44 10.07 10.70 1976 8.74 10.19 11.00 1977 8.22 10.30 11.13 1978 8.86 10.42 11.24 1979 8.85 10.25 11.26 1980 8.52 9.97 11.17 1981 8.40 9.89 11.41 1982 7.93 9.86 11.24 1983 7.60 9.86 11.58 1984 7.30 9.80 11.88 1985 7.06 9.76 12.08 1986 6.93 9.79 12.33 1987 6.71 9.70 12.39 1988 6.47 9.66 12.54 1989 6.20 9.61 12.64 1990 6.70 9.53 12.82 1991 7.24 9.48 12.92 1992 7.06 9.47 13.39 1993 6.89 9.49 13.43 1994 6.74 9.53 13.56 1995 6.58 9.56 13.57 1996 7.17 9.63 13.90 1997 7.61 9.79 14.09 1998 7.50 10.04 14.37 1999 7.35 10.20 14.72 2000 7.11 10.26 15.07 2001 6.92 10.35 15.30 2002 6.81 10.48 15.73 2003 6.66 10.53 16.24 2004 6.48 10.46 16.68 2005 6.27 10.40 16.97 2006 6.07 10.47 17.07 2007 6.71 10.58 17.19 2008 7.23 10.57 17.22 2009 8.04 10.93 17.58 2010 7.91 11.01 18.09 2011 7.66 10.89 18.12 2012 7.51 10.83 18.26 2013 7.40 10.89 18.43 2014 7.25 7.25 10.89 10.89 18.42 18.42 2015 8.03 10.91 18.75 2016 8.78 10.93 19.09 2017 9.48 10.95 19.43 As seen from the above studies people need the money and otherwise they could starve and die without the necessary budgets. Furthermore, helping people get out of the "poor poor zone" would also help the government. Why? The government has programs that help the needy (which is basically the whole entire tier of people stuck in the minimum wage zone). But by raising the minimum wage, the government frees itself from all these lame programs. In fact, from the same website mentioned above (http://www.epi.org...), "Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 would reduce government expenditures on current income-support programs by $7.6 billion per year—and possibly more, given the conservative nature of this estimate. This would allow these funds to be repurposed into either new programs or expansions of existing programs to further leverage the poverty-fighting impact of this spending". Not only so, "Workers in the bottom 20 percent of wage earners receive over $45 billion in government assistance each year from the six primary means-tested income-support programs." This number would decline significantly if we raised the minumum wage up to $10.10. It would also help the majority of the families as seen from a chart from that same exact website:Share of wage earners in each hourly wage decile whose families receive means-tested public assistance Wage decile Incidence All 23.2% Bottom 10th (≤$7.63) 54.2% 2nd ($7.64–10.07) 45.1% 3rd ($10.08–12.49) 36.2% 4th ($12.50–14.94) 28.7% 5th ($14.95–17.70) 23.7% 6th ($17.71–21.01) 16.6% 7th ($21.02–25.25) 10.4% 8th ($25.26–31.14) 7.2% 9th ($31.15–42.09) 6.0% Top 10th ($42.10+) 4.8% And that is not to say only the bottom poor people would be affected; the people who originally earned only $10.10 per hour would gain more in wages as well! Think about it! Richer people equals less helping, AND more taxes! And doesn't the government want more money in its budget? Well here you go: the perfect oppurtunity.Yet another wondrous table from that same website above (wow it's helpful and informational!) shows us HOW MUCH PEOPLE will be helped and the eventual positive benefits from raising the min. wage up to $10.10: Estimated number of workers likely to get a raise 27,118,000 Share of all U.S. wage earners 20.5% Total wage increase for all affected workers $31.8 billion Average increase in hourly wage for affected workers $1.61 Predicted change in number of workers relying on public assistance -1.7 million Predicted annual change in total benefit dollars received among affected worker families -$7.6 billion* Implied government savings from each additional dollar in wages paid to affected workers $0.24 To conclude, using a quote from the website, "Raising the minimum wage would lift incomes for millions of working Americans and their families, while providing budgetary savings in means-tested public assistance programs—savings that should be repurposed into either new programs or expansions of existing programs to further leverage the poverty-fighting impact of this spending. Raising the minimum wage is one simple and long-overdue step toward rebalancing the social contract so that the private and public sectors are more equal participants in improving living standards for American workers."Remember, I already cited my source. If you forget, it's here: http://www.epi.org..., so don't accuse me of plagiarism.So anyhow, to stress the benefits of raising the wage:-Families saved from poverty-Familes get money-Government saves money -Government gets more money-Win-win situation here I don't see why the minimum wage shouldn't be raised up to $10.10. Onto you Lannan13.