In an article waying the pros and cons of minimum wage, Sarah Shemkus states, "An employee working a 40-hour week at the federal minimum wage would earn $15,080 per year. This income would leave a two-person household -- say, a single parent with one child -- just below the federal poverty threshold of $15,130." (Salary.com, Increasing the Minimum Wage)
http://www.salary.com/increasing-the-minimum-wage-pros-cons/
The federal minimum wage was put into action in 1938 at the low price of $0.25. (Raistheminimumwage.com)
http://www.raisetheminimumwage.com/pages/qanda
According to Employment Policies Institute, "High minimum wage rates lead to unemployment for teens." (Epionline.org). In the article the Institute explains, "research has shown time and again that increasing the minimum wage destroys jobs for low-skilled workers while doing little to address poverty." (Epionline.org).
https://www.epionline.org/minimum-wage/minimum-wage-teen-unemployment/
Works Cited
http://www.salary.com/increasing-the-minimum-wage-pros-cons/. Salary. Web. Nov 19 2015.http://www.raisetheminimumwage.com/pages/qanda. Raisetheminimumwage. Web. Nov 19 2015
https://www.epionline.org/minimum-wage/minimum-wage-teen-unemployment/. 2015. EPIOnline. Web. Nov 19 2015.
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