“Minimum Wage Cruelty,” an article by Walter Williams, discusses the idea that minimum wage is at an acceptable level right now and doesn’t need to be raised. The articles opens with the reasons for raising minimum wage: fighting poverty, preventing worker exploitation, and providing a living wage. The inclusion of these reasons gives a basis for Williams to debate against. He is able to prove why raising minimum wage is bad to the reader, not just explain what happens when you do. To begin his argument, Williams brings up the idea that kiosk and robots are going to be replacing human service jobs in anticipation for the minimum wage increase. This appeals to the logic of the reader by implying the idea that having more jobs with lower wages
