Essay On Insecurity In America
During the panel, Rod Sullivan said that the majority of people in the area, when asked what socioeconomic class they belonged to, would say they were middle class. He also said that the majority of these people were above the median income of their area. If they were mostly above this income, why would they still consider themselves middle class? When you think of a typical middle class worker you think of someone who isn’t working a minimum wage job and living paycheck to paycheck, but is also by no means rich or secure financially. Because of the increased financial insecurity that is prevalent today, which is addressed in Cut Adrift, people consider themselves middle class because they see themselves as fitting into this economically insecure class. This problem of economic insecurity in America is a
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Rod’s initiative to increase the minimum wage in Johnson County was successful, but they are still not protected by the Department of Labor, as confirmed by Melissa. This disconnect can cause insecurity in low wage workers who both do not know if they will get their promised wages, and don’t know if they have anyone to turn to if they don’t get those wages. The law was changed in the county but without a true confirmation by the federal government there isn’t a solid way to enforce it. The overall problem of economic security in the United States is too complicated to fix with one piece of legislation but a good start would be to either raise the minimum wage or improve how low wage jobs are treated in general. Raising the minimum wage to at least ten dollars an hour and maybe more would keep low wage workers from not being able to provide for themselves and possibly a family. After this is done, linking the minimum wage to inflation would keep the same issues from coming up again in a few
Rod’s initiative to increase the minimum wage in Johnson County was successful, but they are still not protected by the Department of Labor, as confirmed by Melissa. This disconnect can cause insecurity in low wage workers who both do not know if they will get their promised wages, and don’t know if they have anyone to turn to if they don’t get those wages. The law was changed in the county but without a true confirmation by the federal government there isn’t a solid way to enforce it. The overall problem of economic security in the United States is too complicated to fix with one piece of legislation but a good start would be to either raise the minimum wage or improve how low wage jobs are treated in general. Raising the minimum wage to at least ten dollars an hour and maybe more would keep low wage workers from not being able to provide for themselves and possibly a family. After this is done, linking the minimum wage to inflation would keep the same issues from coming up again in a few