Minimum Wage Increase- Argumentative Topic 

            Minimum wage has gone up quite a substantial amount just in the past few months. So many people were always complaining about only getting seven dollars and some odd cents an hour working at fast food companies or grocery stores. Many people have always dreamed of minimum wage increasing so they would get more money for their simple jobs. A few people I have heard from have said, “why is it fair that we get don’t get paid as much as someone who doesn't even work nearly as hard as we do” or, “we go to work every day too we should get paid at least a little bit more”. What they either didn't know or just didn't think about was that when minimum wage goes up, so does the cost of everything around you.

            Minimum wage increasing has made the cost of many things rise. Many people are so ecstatic about getting paid more at their jobs, but many people are also upset that things they usually pay $1.00 for are now $1.75, or so on. For example, driving down the road I saw a sign for a Dunkin Donuts restaurant stating that they were hiring starting at $10.00/hour for all positions; this also means that the price of coffee and other items there are going to skyrocket. Many people have different views on this because there are both positives and negatives to the situation. Just because people are now getting paid more money walking into a job, doesn't mean that they’ll have more money in their pocket at the end of the day.