"Texas Should Raise It's Minimum Wage"

One of my fellow classmates has written a post about how "Texas Should Raise It's Minimum Wage" on the blog Sweet Tea and Politics. I could not agree more with my classmate that we should indeed raise the minimum wage here in Texas. Many students who graduate high school are on their own and some have to pay for their college education. They may not receive a high paying job due to not having earned a degree yet. Raising the minimum wage will help these students pay for school and other personal payments they must make. Not only would it be beneficial to students, but to many other families as well.

Other people who would be needing minimum wage pay jobs would be immigrants. Possibly they are coming here to receive a better education and more opportunities than they would in their country. Perhaps they come here with no money, they may also need to have a job that would allow them to pay for school, shelter, food, clothing, and other expenses they may have.

In addition, many people have minimum wage paying jobs and are facing poverty because they are unable to purchase the items they need to. One of the points my classmate makes is that Texas has the most people who are working minimum wage jobs and those people are the ones who are facing poverty. Raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10 or $11 could help out so many people to ensure they live a life where they do not have to face constant poverty. It would also motivate more people to work and that would result in the unemployment rate to decrease. We should help out our fellow Texans to ensure they live a life without poverty.