In the article "Time for a Raise" by Patricia Smith she brings to light that President Obama  is trying to raise the federal minimum wage around the country. There are a lot of supporters but also opponents to this idea. Some say this will hurt people because less people will be hired others say it will hurt the economy because people will have more money to spend when they go shopping.

In this article quotes are used by economists and government officials. Something that shocked me in this article is that with this new raise, workers would bring home an additional $3,500 a year. That's shocking because with that it could mean the difference between eating and starving.

I think this is a good idea for our country because it will help the economy and people who have struggled to make end's meet can get ahead. Before this I thought the minimum wage should be raised anyway because nobody could really survive and prosper with the previous minimum wage. I think it will help our economy rise and become stable now that people can actually afford to buy stuff from other companies.

When I was younger and got an allowance I only used to get $10 a week and couldn't really do much with it.      After I told them that it wasn't enough it was raised to $20 and I could do more.Now it's $50 and I can do a lot, I think just like I couldn't do much until the raise the workers will experience the same thing and now be able to do more.