So, I just finished the activity we were supposed to complete for this week, and it was a real eye opener. Money goes by so fast and there are so many unforeseen obstacles that can pop up at any time for no reason at all. When I was doing the game I opted out of going to do fun things with my friends because I could't afford to pay a babysitter or take off work, but everyone needs a break. I decided to be a waitress because I know that type of business well. I remember when I got a job here in point I had to buy my pants, a black shirt, and a $60 pair of non-slip shoes, which was ridiculous. The cost of living and fending for yourself is unbelievable these days, and if minimum wage goes up to $10.10 like we were talking about in class today, just think how crazy the cost of everything will be! Prices will sky rocket. There won't be $1 menus anymore.. you can pretty much be sure of that. This game taught me a lot about everyday life and how much we struggle and I am definitely going to share this activity with my Social work policy class tonight!
I chose this picture because it is really something interesting to think about... Did we chose this path to have poverty? Did people shape society to make sure we had inequality between people and we have rich people and people in poverty? Can it be fixed if everyone changed their actions?
Kelsey,
ReplyDeleteNice blog! I like how you brought up that if the minimum wage goes up, we won't have a dollar menu anymore. That'd definitely true and I feel like the dollar menu is the main draw for places like McDonald's. Not only will the dollar menu be eliminated, but the prices for everything else will go up, like you said. I'm going out on a limb here, but I think that will mean less people buying fast food (who honestly wants to spend $7 on a burger?) but also the employees will be getting paid MORE to do LESS, that seems like a really bad situation from the eyes of the person who owns the restaurant.
I completely agree with your blog! I also would imagine many prices increasing if minimum wage increased. I watched a clip on CNN and it discussed a couple of different things and one of those being the advances & uses of technology if minimum wage increased. They stated the possibility of more companies using technology to replace workers which could very well happen. I would hate to see that because then individuals would really be hurting for money and constantly searching for jobs. I personally think that people who have jobs should be thankful no matter what because they are still bringing in money. I know many people would like their pay to increase but who wouldn't want that?!
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