If you don't like how much you are being paid, you could: 1) ask for more 2) change companies, or 3) start you own business

Everyone deserves to make enough money to live, afford basic necessities, and have a roof over their head. At the current minimum wage, that just isn't plausible.

if the minimum wage is less of that viable to live a half decent life then no matter what it should be increased.

Minium wage is the reason for so many people needing assistance yet being employed full time which really does make any sense.So in order for our society to do better we must ensure that minimum wage is livable.

It isn't that simple. The standard of living today is far more than what the average American makes. The minimum wage needs to be raised.

Not everyone has the same set of skills. If Bob and Billy have the same position but Bob works better than Billy, Bob should get paid more.

We should increase minimun wage. Asking for more money is not effective for multiple reasons one of which being the fact if they hired you and are paying you minimum wage they are very unlikely to pay you more. Many people do not have the option to change companies due to longer drives and not finding another place in their profession. And starting your own business is incredilby hard to do without a business degree or the proper money. As well as struggling to open the business in itself wether online or in an actual building the process is long and a minimun wage worker would not be able to keep themselves afloat in that period of time. Being fired if minimun wage was increased would only mean the company would have to hire someone again while paying the same amount. You could very likely sue for wrongful termination.

jobs are already hard to find and hard to commit to so why should people need to work multiple jobs sacrificing all of their time just to be living paycheck to paycheck

the minimum should go up as the cost of living go up everything in this state has gone up somethings have doubled since covit, the minimum is not near enough.

I don't really know to be honest. More money would just be nice especially for the teenagers who work just a few hours after school and are working part time and still don't get that much after taxes and everything.

Some areas with higher cost of living should still be livable to people when they work a low income job

Its bs 7.25 is not enough growing up we ate baby food to get by or mayo and just bread things are expensive because of the gmovement raising the prices how would anyone want to have kids now its just to much over all pricey

Companies want to exploit my labor for the lowest value possible. It benefits them to pay me less. If they could pay me less than minimum wage they would however regulations like a federal minimum wage ensure that my labor has value at all and isn’t valued at whatever is convenient for shareholders.

If it's the federal government minimum wage there is nothing you can do. If it is truly free market minimum wage then each company can set that or you as an individual business owner can set it. That would mean you could move to another company or start your own business and make more.

The market isn't free. The big companies can conspire and apply power in ways an individual worker can't. The minimum wage helps balance this disadvantage. Historically, the minimum wage was much higher adjusted for inflation and if anything, the overall economy and the average worker's life was better back then that it is now. Free markets are great, but the market we have is not free.

many people can't find jobs and even if they did minimum wage isn't enough to live on your own. starting businesses isn't easy if your just a regular citizen and even if it did work many small business owners can't keep their business afloat because their location how much it costs to advertise and buying supplies.

raising the minimum wage can help the low wage workers. The increase can lead to more jobs and economic growth.

I think we should increase the minimum wage according to the living costs in the society because to be able to meet basic necessities some people need to work 2 jobs.

I think its way to low and unsustainable for low income family's and getting more and more obsolete by the day with how inflation is going. the American dream is to be able to buy and own a house comfortably, and you would be lucky to keep your head above the water on rent with this wage