Minimum Wage Persuasive Letter

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Dear Senator Rick Scott, My name is Jacob Barker and I am a student at Idea Center High School in El Cajon. I am writing to you about the minimum wage crisis because of how low it is. I urge you to understand why we need to increase the minimum wage because it would help allow people to be above the poverty line and allow their future children, to work towards making a business. If this change happens, we could see a rise in businesses in the future as well as possible increases in work productivity and sustainability. The first reason to increase the minimum age is that it would move people out of poverty. This is supported by “The Pros and Cons of Raising the Minimum Wage” which Dan Marticio claims “Raising the minimum wage could give these