https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp en-us 2017-04-10 22:46:26 UTC 2025-04-24 09:11:53 UTC hello@padlet.com mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/165785775 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/the-case-for-a-higher-minimum-wage.html?_r=0]]> 2017-04-10 22:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/165785775 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/165785806 Based on the multiple amount of evidence conducted by economists, the result of raising the minimum wage in certain states has lifted pay without hurting employment, therefore not killing jobs.]]> 2017-04-10 22:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/165785806 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/165785819 Low wage workers are not defined by teens with jobs but people at the age of 35 who work full time and  have families they must provide for. ]]> 2017-04-10 22:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/165785819 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/165785837 If we were to raise the minimum wage to simply $10.10, the number of people living in poverty would reduce by 4.6 million and the government wouldn't require the government to tax, borrow or spend in order to achieve this. ]]> 2017-04-10 22:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/165785837 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/165785950 The fair labor standards act of 1938 established minimum wage. The minimum wage under this law is not just the lowest legal hourly pay, it is a key labor standard designed to protect workers. ]]> 2017-04-10 22:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/165785950 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/165786040 "From the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, when one full-time, full-year minimum wage job could keep a family of two above the poverty line, the minimum equaled about half of the average wage."

]]> 2017-04-10 22:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/165786040 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/165786081 "Employers do not automatically cope with a higher minimum wage by laying off workers or not hiring new ones. Instead, they pay up out of savings from reduced labor turnover, by slower wage increases higher up the scale, modest price increases or other adjustments."]]> 2017-04-10 22:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/165786081 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/166159373 If the minimum wage is "Properly set and enforced, these standards check exploitation, pollution and speculation. In the process, they promote broad and rising prosperity, as well as public confidence."]]> 2017-04-12 19:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/166159373 mlmartinez19 https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/166159446 "Other programs, including food stamps, Medicaid and the earned-income tax credit, also increase the meager resources of low-wage workers, but they do not provide bargaining power to claim a better wage. In fact, they can drive wages down, because employers who pay poorly factor the government assistance into their wage scales."]]> 2017-04-12 19:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mlmartinez19/yu2gnf84ernp/wish/166159446