What is the most effective way to address the counterclaim? The Economic Policy Institute shows that raising the minimum wage will grow the economy so that actually there will be one hundred thousand new jobs.
In fact, the research shows that the poorest workers will suffer the most because their jobs are the most likely to be eliminated by employers.
While struggling to get by on minimum wage can be challenging, think about how it would feel to lose your job and not have any income at all.
Meanwhile, more than 70% of the people affected by a minimum wage change will be families who make less than $60,000 in a year.

Have you ever thought you understood a person based on a story that you have heard about them? have you ever guessed about a person's personal life because of the clothes they wore? or, have you judged a person because of their friends? although classifying people in this way is typically discouraged, authors deliberately use your preconceived ideas to you form an opinion about the character or to at least have a better understanding. can you think of a time that you made a character call about someone based on external aspects? were you correct, or incorrect? has anyone ever made an incorrect assessment of you based on external aspects? write two paragraphs about it in your journal.