1003_Ind1_S1

Name: Jaime Dubon

Instructions: Now that your group has decided on an issue, you must demonstrate that there is a problem. You will turn in this research sheet completed with two articles attached that you showed that there is a problem

I. There is a problem in society today. That problem is: that the minimum wage is more like a poverty wage instead of an anti-poverty. Currently, the minimum wage is the United States is $7.25 an hour which is not enough to cover the expenses of a house. The minimum wage conforms to the needs of people who are single, but that is not the case for people who have to support and sustain a family. Many people who work for the minimum wage are parents, and they don't make enough money to completely support their own and their children's needs. In order to improve the country's economy and the people's living standards, we need to increase the federal minimum wage, by doing so, people will have more incomes and more money to spend which will help them to pay their personal expenses and will stimulate the economy.

II. Facts that demonstrate that there is a problem are: (Two articles and bibliography must be attached) [] []
 * "Rising the Minimum Wage Is Necessary to Combat Poverty." //Poverty and Homelessness//. Ed. Noël Merino. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009. Current Controversies. //Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context//. Web. 14 Feb. 2011.
 * Michelle Conlin and Aaron Bernstein. "The Working Poor Are Not Getting By in America." //Poverty//. Ed. Viqi Wagner. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007. Opposing Viewpoints. //Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context//. Web. 16 Feb. 2011