Have you ever sat down and calculate to see if a minimum wage 40 hours a week job is enough to afford your living expenses. In the book Nickel and Dimed, the author Barbara Ehrenreich, wrote about her project on the minimum wage in American lives. I believe that our government should adopt a living wage instead of a minimum wage in the USA. Therefore, we need a living wage to save people from getting poorer, save adults workers from losing their jobs, and save small companies going out of their business.
What is the living wage that our government should adopt to the people in U.S.? A living wage is an amount of money one needs to buy food and other materials. For everyday living, people need a certain amount of money to buy food, gas, and other expenses, but the question is how much money can they make, and how much money should be enough? Therefore, the amount of the minimum wage is too low and people cannot afford for their living with that small amount of money. With $900-$1000 per month, it is hard to live in today economic. The government should do something about it. They should either change the amount of the minimum wage to fit to the increase of the economic now day and the increasing of tax, or try the different payment method. Along with the low minimum wage, a place to live is still a big concern to American people. The house prices of some big cities in the US are increasing, but the payrolls of the workers still remain the same. Furthermore, with the recession of the economic in US, some people would lose their houses to the bank due to their late payments. Everyone wants to have a happy family, their own house, but how could they afford the monthly bills, and other expenses. Some people do not have their own house. They stay at their parent houses with their family relatives. They have tried to live on their own, but unfortunately, living is very hard with the minimum wage and it forced them to go back and live with their parent for a simple...