We should raise the Minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour

I also look forward to how this debate will shake out in the voting. So the debate begins! Worker Rights: if you a working in a society you do not deserve to live in poverty nor should you be homeless on the streets and working. Something is wrong if you have people working that don't have enough money to live off of. Do you really have to be in the middle class or the upper class to have a fair standard of living? Let me paint a picture for you: Imagine A walmart worker they usally make around 9$ an hour that is still not enough to live off of. In order to have a fair living wage every worker should be paid at a minimum 15 dollars an hour. Don't you think that it is saddening that people who are working and who are working hard live in poverty? 28% of workers earn Poverty level wages, (. http://stateofworkingamerica.org...) This is not a third world country, people who are working deserve a living wage (15 Dollars an hour)Does minimum wage increases hurt jobs? No they don't at all actually I am going to display a graph that shows 13 states that have increased the minimum wage actually saw jobs increase! (. http://feelthebern.org...) Also economists dismiss the idea that it decreases jobs, A key finding by an report on wether it decreases jobs found that a minimum wage hike does not decrease jobs:. http://www.integrityflorida.org...; Would their be in increase of a use of governmental assistance? No actually since a 15 dollar minimum wage lifts people out of poverty their will be less of a need for food stamps and welfare. According to the Economic Policy Insitute Rasing the minimum wage by just a few dollars would cause 1.7 million americans to no longer relay on public assisstance. And note this is only raising the minimum wage by a few dollars! Not 15 in this study imagine how many people won't need public assistance if we raised the minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour! What would be the price increase? According to a video by Slate magazine there would only be a 1 cent increase on a box of mac and cheese if we raised the minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour! You can watch the video here if you don't believe me: Was the minimum wage ever higher than it was today? Actually yes it has! In 1968 adjusted for Inflation the minimum wage was $8.54 an hour! Link:. http://www.pewresearch.org...; Also in 1968 the unemployment rate was only at 3.6 Percent! And in 1969 it was even lower at 3.5 percent unemployment lower than it is today. Link:. http://data.bls.gov... If you raise the minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour you give those workers more spending power! Which in turn stimulates the economy! Productivity of workers: America has one of the most productive workers in the world but for some reason we are still not making enough to not live in poverty! Not to mention with a 15 dollar minimum wage there would be less income inequality with the poorest americans making at least 15 dollars an hour! Do small bussinses agree with raising the minimum wage? YES! there was a poll conducted that asked Bussiness owners if they would like an increase in the minimum wage! 61 percent of Bussiness owners support an increase in the minimum wage and adjust it for the cost of living! Source:. http://feelthebern.org... I am done with my opening remarks I look forward to a great debate! Good luck to con! And thank you voters in advance!