I generally avoid talking about economy and politics because that’s just not something I’m well versed in, but I’m currently in an area where they’re trying to raise minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour.

While that’s nice in theory, and the minimum wage is too low to live off of, I don’t think people understand how economy works.

My parents are owners of a small business and if the minimum wage is raised to fifteen dollars an hour, they’ll be forced to fire six people right away just to keep them making a profit. Even then, they’ll knock down most of their remaining employees to part-time instead of full-time after that. They’d literally have to or they wouldn’t be making much money at all.

Not only that, but my mother, as an owner and and operator of her store, who puts in eighty or more hours a week into her job, makes twenty dollars an hour. An entry-level employee making just five dollars less for less than forty hours a week?

No.

Just no.

Yes, the minimum wage is too low for people to live off of.

No, the solution isn’t just to raise minimum wage and call it a day.

You’ll cause higher unemployment and hour cuts to those who were employed, and make it harder to find a job.