Indledning
Right now, the minimum wage is 7,25$ per hour. The last increase was July 24, 2009, an increase of, we right now live in the longest decade without an increase of the minimum wage, it has been 11 years since the last increase in the minimum wage.
The minimum wage has declined by more than 30% since 1968, due to inflation. So right now, People living in the US are earning the lowest wages in history, and wages are only getting worse due to inflation.
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Uddrag
Arguments against increasing the minimum wage are that more millions would lose their jobs. It is depicted in the video "Two experts debate the potential consequences of raising the minimum wage” Where Genevieve Wood, describes an analysis from 2016 that demonstrated that a doubling of the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 would eliminate seven million low-wage jobs altogether.
So, an increase in the minimum wage at the federal level would result in a lot of poverty and unem-ployment.
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