Time for a raise

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            In the article Time for a raise by Patricia Smith the main idea is basically that Obama wants to raise minimum wage in the U.S to 9 dollars an hour and right now it 7.25 an hour. Some people do not like the idea of the raise and some people do. The reason people or companies do not like the raise in minimum wage is it makes bosses at jobs have to either higher people or cut days off, the employees will get shorter hours, and it forces them to give the other employees raises depending on what their job is. The reasons people like the idea of this are the more money people get the more money these people spend which can also help the economy. Also people who don’t make that much money the raises will be good for them because they have to pay bills and buy things that they need, but in the same since a lot of people will not even be getting jobs because if minimum wage is going up to 9 dollars places will not either be able to hire you or the place just might not want to because that’s an extra person they have to pay. In my opinion I think that this raising minimum wage to 9 dollars is not a very good Idea because a lot of people will not be getting jobs and the goal is really for everyone to be employed if you can. I also think it’s a bad Idea because people who do have jobs won’t get as many hours because they have to pay a dollar and 75 cents more, and a lot of places don’t even want to hire for minimum wage at 7 dollars and 25 cents. The raise would be good for people who make minimum wage in a sense, but for most people it’s really not a good or bad idea to me its neutral.