Minimum wage was never designed or intended to be a way to support a family. It was a wage that would get an employer to hire some unskilled labor and teach them about working; how to work, how to be organized, how to do whatever it is that they do to get a promotion, or a better job.
I think that we should look at doing something like guaranteeing raises for five years. Increase the minimum wage up to whatever the states think it should be, but each employee should get at least a $1raise per year for every year they work at the same company with the same employer up to $5 or five years. So, if you started at $10 in five years you’ll be making $15.
I wouldn’t do this with the states that have a really high minimum wage. Those higher minimum wages are hurting the smaller businesses causing them to have to cut back on employees or close. Look up states that have done this. It has hurt their employment.
Everyone always talks about minimum wage and not the average wage. At Walmart you would be at $22 after five years that’s what no one ever wants to talk about. They only want to talk about the starting wage.
Let’s make this what it was meant to be. A positive way for an unskilled person to get a job. Then, grow their salary by learning and working hard.
