Is raising the minimum wage the right approach

[Die_empty]

Raising the minimum wage is one of the factors that perpetuates the inflationary spiral, but if the minimum wage is raised by less than the inflation rate, can we really say that the minimum wage has been increased?

I believe raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but only if the increase matches the inflation rate or is slightly higher. In other words, I support a real increase because, first and foremost, I don’t believe that workers’ wages are the cause of inflation or the economic crisis. Labor costs are often the smallest item on the list of total expenditures...

First, we need to know the cause of Seattle's economic crisis. Some businesses are closing because of high taxes. People are also moving out of Seattle because of the high cost of living. Raising the minimum wage would complicate things, since it would also increase the cost of goods and services.

Reducing taxes and encouraging business by offering grants and other incentives might be better than increasing the minimum wage.

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Seattle will turn into a ghost town within the next five years. Not one person can logically think through the idea of raising minimum wage while businesses are closing down and not enough people are coming in as customers to sustain this model. I’m wondering if they just have a bunch of fifth graders running the government at this point.

[Barikui1]

I personally don't think that increasing the minimum wage is the best thing to do, because it's like a go ahead to inflation, because since the minimum wage is toppled, most of these firms will increase their service price or the cost of their products, which will later boomerang to the minimum wage that was just increased, and in no distance time, that minimum wage that was toppled, wouldn't be enough to afford all your basic needs again. So I think that tackling the main cause of the inflation remains the best thing to do, because if the inflation gets out of hand like it's in my country, everyone, including the rich is going to feel the effects of it in no distance time.

[Nheer]

I personally don't think that increasing the minimum wage is the best thing to do, because it's like a go ahead to inflation, because since the minimum wage is toppled, most of these firms will increase their service price or the cost of their products, which will later boomerang to the minimum wage that was just increased, and in no distance time, that minimum wage that was toppled, wouldn't be enough to afford all your basic needs again. So I think that tackling the main cause of the inflation remains the best thing to do, because if the inflation gets out of hand like it's in my country, everyone, including the rich is going to feel the effects of it in no distance time.

You have a point, increasing the minimum wage is not always the best thing to do and mostly it end up resulting to inflation. It is not always about how much a person earn but what that amount can do or buy.  Low minimum wage is not always bad if the amount can cover basic needs. The minimum wage can work just as you said, it can push businesses and firms to inturn increase the price of goods and services so increasing the minimum wage is not the best ideal solution instead the focus should be on resolving the main cause of inflation in the first place else increasing the minimum wage will have no impact at all and workers will still find themselves back to the where they left.