Minimum+wage

source ===This picture shows you how many hours you would need to work just to pay rent. you see the states that are in white it takes 70 hours or less to work for your rent and the states in lighter blue it would take 71 hours to 88 hours of work just to pay your rent and finally the states in the dark blue it would take 88 hours or more just to pay your rent. thats why you should move to Kentucky, Tennessee, or Ohio because you do not have to work as much hours as the other states just to pay your rent.===

source === This picture shows you a minimum wage earner, a Median wage earner and a CEO. the minimum wage worker makes 7.25/hour which he has to work 1/2 hour just to buy a gallon of milk, and like a hour just to buy 2 gallons of gas. and the median wage earner makes about 16.57/hour and he would only have to work 13 minutes to buy a gallon of milk. and finally the CEO guy makes 20,160/hour and he has to work .01 seconds to buy a gallon of milk. this isnt fair the minimum wage should be raised to like 15/hour because it would make things easier for the minimum wage workers. ===

source === This picture shows that if the minimum wage was raised to 10.10/hour then families would have a extra 100 bucks just for basic needs like gas, groceries, and stuff to buy for themselves and their children. this would be good because families wouldn't be behind on bills and they could actually get stuff for their loved ones and not worry about if they will be able to pay next months rent. this would also decrease the amount of people that will go homeless. ===

source === This picture is shows you how much McDonald's fast food company makes every year. they make about 8.6 billion dollars every year, now see why cant they raise there minimum wage to 10 or 15 dollars a hour. if they did this than when a teenager started working then he or she could pay bills for themselves like cell phone bill or even help out their parents with the rent. and mcdonalds could raise there minimum wage to 20 if they wanted to but they don't want to because they want all the money. === source === This picture is about how minimum wage has decreased since 1968 to 2011. in 1968 minimum wage was 10.34/hour and now minimum wage is 7.25/hour shouldn't minimum wage rise along with food,gas,clothes, and rent. if they have raised minimum wage then maybe there wouldn't be kids starving in the united states and also there probably would be less homeless people because if they got a job that had like 10 or 15/hour then they would be able to support themselves and pay rent. ===

=== I agree that minimum wage should be raised because it would make everybody's life much easier and better and also there would be less poor people in the united states. but in the united states less than 3% of american workers are paid the minimum wage. if minimum wage was increased to 10/hour then i think it would mostly help out the younger people because they would be able to pay their bills and help their parents out with groceries and gas and bills. but by 2016 the minimum wage will be 10.10/hour so this will help out the younger kids like myself and there would be less homeless people. ===