1. The current federal minimum wage is
$7.25/ hour

2. $15,080 per year
…before taxes

3. Below the Poverty Line

5. What if…
The minimum wage
were increased?

6. So every full-time worker
could support their family?

7. No Matter
Where They
Work

8. Allowing Families to Spend Valuable
Time Together

9. What can you do
to promote world
peace? Go
home and love
your family.
-Mother Teresa

10. An Increase in the Minimum
Wage Will Benefit Everyone

11. Photo Credits
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usa-banknote-business-money-69528/
• Slide 4- Courtesy of Lentaro92 via
http://lentaro92.deviantart.com/art/Sad-child-
176127166
• Slide 6- Courtesy of GM Media via Wikimedia
Commons
• Slide 7- Courtesy of SchuminWeb via Wikimedia
Commons
• Slide 8- Courtesy of the National Cancer Institute via
Wikimedia Commons
• Slide 9- Courtesy of the United Nations
• Slide 10- Courtesy of the World Economic Forum