Why Raising The Minimum Wage Be Raised By John Komlos

In “Why raising the minimum wage is good economics”, John Komlos uses his knowledge and experience in the field of economics to explain why Congress should raise the federal minimum wage. He makes his case by comparing low-wage workers to Russian serfs and relating the hardships of the working poor. According to Komlos, a person working full-time at a minimum wage job makes about $12,000 a year after taxes, just above the poverty line for a single person. He also points out that America’s federal minimum wage is well below that of other industrialized countries. John Komlos is trying to inform his audience about the federal minimum wage, so they won’t be misled by smoothtalkers like Donald Trump. He appeals to the audience’s sense of logic by using statistics and numbers to justify his claims. Komlos appeals to the audience’s sense of emotion by relating the hardships of the working poor. He also establishes his credibility as a

"Should The Federal Minimum Wage Be Raised?." U.S. News Digital Weekly 5.18 (2013): 14. Academic Search Premier. Web. 31 Mar. 2016. In this article, James Dorn and David Cooper argue whether raising the federal minimum wage will help or hurt low-wage workers. James Dorn, Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Cato Institute, argues that raising the federal minimum wage would hurt low-wage workers by reducing job opportunities and raising prices. Dorn also states that the federal minimum wage is responsible for high unemployment among teenagers and minorities and lower productivity among low-wage workers. David Cooper, an analyst from the Economic Policy Institute, argues that the federal minimum wage is not a living wage and that raising the minimum wage doesn’t have a significant effect on employment. Cooper also states that eighty percent of low-wage workers are at least twenty years old and that eighty-five percent of small businesses already pay their employees more than the minimum