Minimum Wage
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has been a big issue as of late. Some people think that the should be increased to counter the effects of inflation and to help lower class people. Others think it should not be increased, that a increase would lower the number of jobs on the market. It is a sensitive issue and both sides hav ....
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.... poverty.
One argument given to oppose increase is that most earners are teenagers from families who are not poor. This meaning that raising the will not be effective in aiding those families at the lower end of the wage scale. This however is not true for it has been shown that only 11.7% of teenagers in families with above-average incomes would benefit from a higher .
The opponents of a increase say that if the is increased many people will lose their jobs. Because employers can ....
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