Costs of living have soared over the past two decades, but American wages have been stagnant. If I lived in Maine, I would need to make $17/hour to live securely. In some states the living wage is as high as $40/hour, like Alaska. Raising the federal minimum wage to $10/hour, after looking at these statistics, is the least we could do.
If people are paid a realistic living wage, it would decrease health care costs, the amount of homeless and food insecure citizens, increase college enrollment (because people would have a higher chance of being able to afford it), and allow us to positively contribute to society, or even, dare I say, pursue our dreams.
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