Raise minimum wages across the United States from 7.25 an hour to 12.25 an hour.

As we are all aware that the cost of living is rising each year and our minimum wage is currently $7.25 an hour which puts most Americans on a poverty level. A petition to raise minimum wage from $ 7.25 an hour to $ 12. 25 an hour has been created and we need your help on getting this passed. The average American that works a 40 hour week job at $7.25 an hour makes only $ 290.00 before taxes which in a month not including taxes the average American makes $1,160. Now stop and think $1,160 before taxes the average apartment roughly around $500 dollars a month not including electricity also among other expenses as well.