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10 Best Insights: Why Won't They Raise their Minimum Wage

A member of an admired Internet forum called upon others to answer a vexing question. Why won’t the Federal Government raise the minimum wage to a living wage?

10 Best Insights: Why Won't They Raise their Minimum Wage

States can set a minimum wage, and workers will receive whichever wage is higher than their pay.

1. Your State Can Set a Minimum Wage

It was never meant to be a living wage, merely a bulwark against employers paying little or nothing.

2. It’s a Minimum Wage, Not a Living Wage

Companies will try to pay their employees as little as they think they can get away with.

3. Keep Employers Honest

If they lessen the amount of their bottom line, a frequent tactic of corporations to increase profits or pay for the business, then the company makes more money.

4. It’s All About Money

When politicians argue against raising the minimum wage, they claim it will result in job losses and increase the deficit.

5. Fear

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