"Take our LABOR BACK!" Constructive Criticism

I recently read up on Melanie's blog called "Take our LABOR BACK!" which is about Texas' minimum wage is too low, major corporations are moving to other countries to make a quicker buck, and of course the poverty level set at $20,000 for a family of four which she argues should be higher. I completely agree with all of these points needing a higher minimum wage seeing as how our growth of population has increased majorly within the last few years, along with the fact that we are losing jobs due to major corporations sending jobs across seas and even the statement of the poverty level needing to be higher with a family of four.

My argument is this; Texas at $7.25 minimum wage is in fact that same as the federal minimum wage which is actually the same minimum wage for twenty-two (22) other states. Which leaves eight-teen (18) states above the federal minimum wage which leaves five (5) under the federal wage and five (5) not having a minimum wage laws at all. Now along with this Texas actually ranks under the federal cost of living in four (4) categories:

Costofliving	Texas, TX	United States
Overall	88	100
Food	90	100
Utilities	95	100
Miscellaneous	95	100

Melanie's first argument is that Texas government does not take into consideration of "life" and issues that stir things up such as little Susan getting a tummy ache. My response to this is that the Government simply cannot take variables into consideration when looking at a larger scale, because if they took into consideration all the "what ifs" that could possibly happen in a year, the list would be endless. With that being said IF they did take into consideration bills that could possibly never stack up, and raised the minimum wage in Texas, then they would in fact have to change all other twenty-two (22) states that have the same minimum wage due to having to take into consideration the same living situations and "what ifs". My last food for thought is out of all the job creations in the U.S. statistics have shown that Texas created 40% of those job increases in the U.S. alone! Then why is the economy still short handed on jobs you ask? Going back to my previous statement above; our population growth is growing at a rapid pace, after all, we all live here for a reason don't we? My statement simply argues that people are moving to Texas for a reason. I do agree that the state needs to adapt to the growth quickly and create even more jobs, but the statement at hand is that we do not create many jobs at all which in fact isn't true since we've created 40% of the jobs in the USA. 

I do however agree with Melanie's way to solve the issue at hand and how to create more jobs. Entrepreneurs are definitely the way to go so that we can supply and back up local organizations, because when a consumer buys locally, the money gets put back into the economy. Along with that her statement was jobs are becoming more technical, which is very true. I would argue on top of entrepreneurship, going back to school is a must in order to fill these positions properly. 

All in all I agree there's an issue at hand with Texas' economy, but fact of the matter is, we aren't doing so bad when looking at other minimum wages, and our cost of living.