Minimum Wage Options

[*Steven*]

It's being raised, I think it's a dumb idea. What are your thoughts on the matter?

The minimum wage in Texas is 5.15$/hr. They're raising it to 7.25$/hr over the next 3 summers. I think that's kind of, unnecessary. For one, the majority of people making minimum wage are young high-school students etc. They don't stay making this wage for very long, and it's typically a starter job in which they make this money. By raising the minimum wage, no one (imo) benefits. The prices of goods go up because the employers are having to pay their employees more money and don't want to lose profit. Because of this, every day goods prices have gone up and people who don't benefit from the wage increase have to pay a larger sum of their salary/paycheck towards those every day goods. The people who are getting a higher wage (assuming they were working minimum) don't earn any more money in comparison to what they can buy. Sure the dollar amount is higher, but they have to spend more.

[kimmytree]

I think it needed to be raised. Here in Florida its only $6.70 something. And there are people besides high school/college students who are working for that kind of salary. How on earth is a person supposed to survive on that? Right now I'm only being paid minimum wage... I couldnt imagine having to survive without my parents on such a low salary.

As prices go up, pay needs to go up as well. We cant just watch prices on goods and the cost of living inflate and not raise the minimum wage. Adults who work for minimum wage are already poor enough as it is... not giving them a raise to cope with inflation would just make them even poorer.