Mo' Money Mo' Problems

My grandma, grandpa, my mother, my father, all started getting paid at minimum wage and some even lower. They all saved their money, pinched pennies, went to college and moved up the ladder of their career. They didn't stay in the environment where they only got paid minimum wage and where they were only scraping by. My mom and my dad, two kids, cancer medical bills, with father jumping from job to job just trying to get by with minimum wage, did not give up and become content on barley getting by. They both now make more money than I even know. But I fear that if minimum wage were to be raised, that would  make the workers content with barely breaking even. Now don't get me wrong, I only work 2 maybe 3 days a week so I wouldn't throw a fit if the wage was raised a couple more bucks. I just don't think its necessary. I honestly think that if it keeps getting raised people will make it a goal to work at a fast food place because it makes "decent" money with little to no skills needed. Which apparently has become a goal for the youth of our country.

Have any of the workers who want the increase in pay stopped and thought about how higher pay means less jobs. Especially in a fast food place or small business, the higher they pay one worker the more likely they wont be able to hire another. Which one promotes unemployment in younger generations and means more work for the people who did get hired because they are understaffed. Clearly the people really pushing for the increase, the ones who want to make enough to afford to get high but still live in their parents basement, haven't thought about that scenario. And if they did I'm sure they'd jump bandwagons because we all know they want to do as little work as possible.

Our country always boasts that we are the best of the best, that no one is better than a true American. But do we really want to boast when in a sense we are promoting laziness. Or is that our new American dream? Just getting by. For those in a truly difficult situation or those with really no ambitions in life, sure stay in the minimum wage hole. But for the teens and young adults who have true potential and just need a kick in the pants, why encourage them to waste their lives in a dead end job? We all, by nature, are inherently lazy. Getting up to do my blog was a small battle that I had to win. But I won it. But if it was due and I didn't do it at all but was still given the same grade as someone who put in the time and effort to do it, I guarantee I would not have woken up and wrote this. Same goes for jobs I think, if I were to make a good enough pay check making pizzas to go out with friends, pay bills, get food, gas, and have a little extra left over; why would I have the desire to further my education to get a better job when I'm doing alright just making pizzas. But I don't want to make pizzas for the rest of my life. And I know some people don't want to work at McDonalds, Wal-Mart, Wendy's, etc., for the rest of theirs because they actually want to make a difference. We need to correct the overwhelming urge to do nothing in the next generation, not encourage it by making it more appealing to have a lower class job, so that we can do more for the world than  just taking your order.