You can analyze three distinct effects or you can utilize the diagram at the bottom of page 260, showing X leads to Y leads to Z.
Make sure you use words from the Vocabulary of Causal Analysis in your thesis, and that you use at least 10 more of these words in your essay. Underline every word you use from the Vocabulary of Causal Analysis. Avoid the _post hoc ergo propter hoc_ fallacy by specifying the causal relationship between phenomena.
In this paper you will stop short of recommending a policy. In the argumentative essay, on the other hand, you will recommend a policy about the minimum wage that you feel would benefit our society.
Since September 1, 1997, nine years have passed without an increase in the federal minimum wage of the United States of America. Democrats and Republicans are still fighting on a minimum wage increase proposal wherein the current $5.15 rate would rise by $2.10 over three years in three increments, reaching $5.85 in January 2007, $6.55 on June 1, 2008, and $7.25 on June 1, 2009. Despite of opposed positions concerning this issue, raising the federal minimum wage would promote the wages of millions of workers, enhance the lifestyle of low-paying workers, and lead to the end of American poverty. Those factors could bring an apparent change to the American life.
The Essay on Min Wage Minimum Increase Increases
Should Minimum wage be increased? Introduction For many decades now, there has been heated debates concerning minimum wages and increases in those wages. Most people have a tendency to assume that when the minimum wage is increased people will benefit. They do not stop to think of the consequences that come from minimum wage increases. The general population merely assumes that people should make ...
At first sight, raising the federal minimum wage would be a positive correlation to the wages of millions of workers. According to the Economic Policy Institute, if the minimum wage could be raised from $5.15 to $7.25 by 2008, then an estimated 14.9 million workers (11% of the workforce) would receive an increase in their hourly wage rate. This increase would affect 6.6 million workers (5% of the workforce) of these workers who currently earn less than $7.25. Consequently, The additional 8.3 million workers (6% of the workforce) earning slightly above the minimum would also likely benefit from an increase due to spillover effects (Facts at a Glance 2006).
Besides, raising the federal minimum wage would be a contributing factor to the lifestyle of low-paying workers. As the cost of life has grown considerably, as said by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the increase would help almost 15 million American people pay for groceries, supply gas in their gas tank, and clothes on their backs. It would make possible for those hard working families to get out of debt, pay for education and spend more time with their families. As a result, raising the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour would bring an additional $4,400 a year to help minimum wage earners support their families. It would allow a low-income family of three buy 15 months of groceries, 19 months of utilities, 8 months of rent, over two years of health care, 20 months of child care, and 30 months of college tuition at a public, 2 year college (Momentum 2006).
Finally, an increase of $ 2.10 in the federal minimum wage would encourage the end of poverty in American life. In accordance with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the 2006 federal poverty guideline for a family of three is $16,600 for the contiguous States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam, $20,750 for Alaska, and $19,090 for Hawaii (Poverty Guidelines 2006).
The current federal minimum wage of $5.15 for an employee working 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year is $10,712 per year, which results in $5,888 below the lowest federal poverty guideline of $16,600 for a family of three. An increase of $2.10 for the same employee would bring an extra $4,368, and this family would barely need $1,520 to reach the poverty line of $16,600.
The Essay on Federal Poverty Lines
The common issue concerning the annual Federal poverty levels that are universal for all the lower forth eight states are that the poverty level measures are limited. In other words, the poverty thresholds doesn’t represent a budget for basic necessities of life nor it addresses the supplementary amount to allow for other basic needs such as household supplies, person care, etc(Madden, 182). ...
A cumulative effect could be brought in the lifestyle of almost 15 millions American people by increasing the federal minimum wage. It could help those hard-working families who live under minimum wage enjoy a higher wage, a better life, and the opportunity to rise out poverty.
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