Minimum wage is set up to ensure that people are making enough money to live off of. Although this isnt always true, people don't always have enough hours at their jobs to get the money they need to survive. Many people in the U.S. today have to get on welfare because the jobs we provide don't provide enough hours at these jobs. They think that the amount they pay us is efficient but again the hours we are getting aren't efficient enough. Outsourcing is also affecting the jobs us Americans have. A lot of Americans are suportive of protectionism to save jobs in the U.S.
I believe that minnimum wage should be increased in the U.S., it has become a very contriversal topic mainly due to outsourcing and globalization. Many of our jobs are being taken oversea's so you'd think the government would be able to pay the people doing jobs over here more. It seems that our governtment is becoming very cheap, they arent the one's who have to actually live off of minimum wage so it doesnt effect them as bad. Barack Obama believes that minimum wage should be raised.
