Minimum_Wage

Minimum Wage Minimum wage is the price that an employer can pay a worker for an hour of labor. It was originated in 1938 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law a bill that established a federal minimum wage of twenty-five cents an hour. It was initially applied to employees involved in inter-commerce. It later included employees of companies doing at least five-hundred thousand dollars in business a year and to employees of government agencies such as hospital and schools. Congress and the president have raised the minimum wage over time to reflect changes in the cost of living. The federal government sets a base level for minimum wages, however, states can set wages even higher. I think minimum wage should be increased for many reasons. There are many reasons that I think minimum wage should be increased. My first reason is because it would be an incentive for many people to get a job knowing they would earn a higher income. Many people aren't employed because they don't feel they are earning a high enough income. If the minimum wage is increased it would be in the self interest of the employee since they will be earning minimum, wage, think, workers, should, people, increased, job, companies, because, living, level, income, government, experienced, standard, reasons, reason, raised, raise, poverty, pay, higher, employees, earning, wages, president, new, money, incentive, hour, federal, even, earn, cut