Issue #2 - Boosting the Minimum

The minimum wage has always seemed to get some serious attention about how it should be increased. Raising the minimum wage would do a great deal of good for the poverty problem in this country. It would drastically raise the take-home pay of millions of Americans and would therefore get many people out of poverty. Right now the minimum wage is not enough to live above the poverty line so it needs to be increased. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) will also give some assistance which will give more help in raising people out of poverty. By raising the wage it will especially help single mothers who are at the highest risk of being in poverty. Raising the minimum wage would also help out the economy because more people will be better off and will be spending more money. Some people, though, don't believe the increase will be a complete good thing because it only really affects a small group of people and it will take away tax cuts from the wealthy.

Personally I really think the minimum wage needs to be increased. President Obama even has thoughts of a $9.50 minimum wage. There is a fair amount of poverty in this country and i know that it is not possible to afford the basic necessities off just minimum wage. With more and more people making money, more will be spent and will therefore boost the economy even more. The people that are against it shouldn't even have say in it because they don't know what its like to have to live off such a low wage. This increase is very much needed and would be a great thing all around.

Issue #1 - All Things Being Unequal

Issue #3 - Putting Welfare to Work

World Trade Center Steel Makes Way Home to PA.

The steel that once made up the World Trade Center towers was recently moved back to the Pennsylvania city of Coatesville, where they were originally made. It took 28 flatbed trucks, which stretched a mile long, to carry the steel back. Fire trucks were also involved in this large procession as they flashed their lights for hundreds of onlookers to see. One resident says that he is happy to take them in but says that they certainly did not want them back. Officials are saying that they hope to use the steel for a centerpiece at the industrial history museum.

The bringing back of the steel beams is a very interesting thing to do with them rather than just get rid of them or let them sit. It seems like a very good idea to use them to construct some sort of special display in the museum. It will be a very good commemorative piece of construction that have a ton of meaning to everyone in this country and I'm sure it will attract many people. I, however, agree with the resident who says he did not want the steel back. I find it kind of pointless to take the time and money to return them to their original city when its only steel. I can see the significance of the steel and such but still don't see the need to completely move them. The moving clearly had no harm and it will definitely turn out to be very interesting and have a ton of meaning but the same could have come out of it without the hassel of moving all that steel.

Read the article at: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wirestory?id=10379587&page=2