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Seattle passed a $15 minimum wage law in 2014. Here's how it's turned out so far

     When Seattle began to raise its minimum wage 5 years ago, a local burger joint, Dick's Drive-in, experienced an unplanned effect. The joints workers chose to work fewer hours as their wages rose. The president of the joint thought that raising the wages would be easier to get people to take more hours, however this wasn't the case. Seattle's law gradually increases the minimum wage to $15 by 2021 from originally $9 in 2014, and is now at the forefront of a national debate over the impacts of progressive wage increases. Presidential candidates such as Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are calling for a $15 per hour federal minimum wage to try to apple to the working- class voters. The current minimum wage on the federal level is $7.25 and it hasn't been increased for over 10 years. Coming back to the burger joint, Dick's pays above minimum wage with some locations starting workers at $17-$18 an hour. Use of these workers are students in their 20 and are now benefiting from 401(k) plans and health insurance regardless of how many hours they work. 
      As a working student myself I can't believe that this is happening. I do believe that this is something that all businesses should strive for (employee care) however, the effect is way too high. The amount of pay should not tamper with the amount employees work, it should motivate them to work more. I also believe that the federal minimum wage should be raised and should not be raised by state. However, some places are more expensive to live in which makes the raising of the minimum wage in one state seem reasonable. Something I have also noticed in my teen years is that teenagers are being taken advantage of and being payed below minimum wage. I worked at a summer day care 8 hours a day for 4 years and I was payed under minimum wage every year. Now I work at Sweetgreen and am being payed over minimum wage. I think that as someone gets older they defiantly need more money because they have to support themselves and as a teenager/young adult you have your parents who cover you financially, however, I believe that there needs to be more consistency of pay for young adults. 

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