The reason why I view it as a long term solution is because raising taxes and increasing pay unfortunately comes with some short-term consequences. Raising the minimum wage, for example, would cause a sudden job loss. As the article put it, “a jump in the minimum wage is likely, as the Wall Street Journal has noted, to reduce total jobs, with unskilled minority workers bearing the brunt of the losses.” Unemployment always slows, halts, or even reverses economic growth, so it’s impossible to believe that raising the minimum wage would be the perfect solution to a better economy as the documentary states. Still, I believe that taxing the 1% and raising the minimum wage would greatly benefit the economy in the long
The reason why I view it as a long term solution is because raising taxes and increasing pay unfortunately comes with some short-term consequences. Raising the minimum wage, for example, would cause a sudden job loss. As the article put it, “a jump in the minimum wage is likely, as the Wall Street Journal has noted, to reduce total jobs, with unskilled minority workers bearing the brunt of the losses.” Unemployment always slows, halts, or even reverses economic growth, so it’s impossible to believe that raising the minimum wage would be the perfect solution to a better economy as the documentary states. Still, I believe that taxing the 1% and raising the minimum wage would greatly benefit the economy in the long