For the last couple years, minimum wage has become a big topic in our country. Minimum wage has increased in Washington and will continue to increase. A lot of people see this as a good thing and believe the more it increases, the better off employees will be, but that isn’t the case.
I was surprised to read “The Problem with the Minimum Wage” (The Fultum Post) and discover that the more minimum wage increases, the less jobs will be available. Companies only have so much money to hand out to employees so, by increasing minimum wage, it decreases the number of employees they can pay. I understand people can’t live on minimum wage but minimum-wage jobs aren’t supposed to be careers. They’re supposed to be a starting off point to get experience so people can advance and eventually land a good-paying job.
