When you first hear about raising the minimum wage, you might think that sounds great, more money! But you have to think about the effects that will come with it. Many people don’t realize the bad that will come out of raising wages, such as job losses and price increases. Raising the wages is like a double edged sword, it is great in the beginning, but in the end it hurts the very people it is intended to help (Scheiber para. 2). Since 2009 the minimum wage has been at $7.25, which is the federal level. Recently, Congressional Democrats have made a proposal to raise these wages to $12 by the year 2020. Most Republicans have been arguing that this raise will not help society, but it will slowly start to bring us down even more. Raises such
