“As soon as wages were raised in LA, a restaurant fired 500 people” (Sherk, 2017, p. 2). Dangerous amounts of risk is involved when raising the minimum wage. If minimum wage is raised workers become not worth it to their companies, and often lead to businesses mass firing workers. “Those who got more pay got fewer hours” (Ehrenfreund, 2017, p. 2). When wages are raised managers and bosses must adjust by giving workers less hours, consequently giving the workers the same amount of overall income for a higher …show more content…
The problem occurs because fair is a subjective term. Often times people feel they are not getting paid enough while business owners feel they are getting paid too much. It is basically greed. “3 years ago 200 fast food workers in NY walked off the job because of wages” (Gass, 2015, p. 1). Raising minimum wage will give people on the lower class more opportunity but some businesses simply can not afford it. “There are lots of things to consider when minimum wage goes up” (Scheiber, 2017, p. 3). This is no easy issue with no easy fix. The economics behind it are extremely complicated and should only be adjusted with caution. When laws are passed to raise wages, businesses raise prices on their products; making the wage raise worthless. There are many arguments debating whether raising the minimum wage is ever a viable option at all. “Minimum wage increases in the past have created disastrous short term consequences for businesses” (Post, 2016, p.