Lower the Federal Minimum Wage

A Raise to Federal Minimum Wage Comes with a Price

By Michael Blubaugh

The federal minimum wage should be lowered because higher minimum wages cause prices of everyday items to increase. For example, if a grocery store was to pay its employee’s minimum wage of 7 dollars an hour, but then have it raised to 10 dollars an hour, the price of items in the grocery store would have to go up too. In a time where things like gas and meat are at the highest they have been in a long time, a lower minimum wage would bring the price down for everyone else. Even the people working minimum wage jobs would benefit from having to pay less for everyday things. Minimum wage jobs are extremely low skill, and most could be done by a robot. People working minimum wage jobs should be thankful they haven’t been replaced by robots already, and 4 dollars an hour is a lot better than 0 dollars an hour. Minimum wage jobs should mostly serve as introductory jobs to build experience before getting a real job that pays significantly better. A lower minimum wage would benefit almost everyone, so let those fat cats in Washington know that we want this for America.