The problem is that a growing number of workers and their families live in poverty. Pathe stated that "with a higher wage and these compensatory measures in place, employment will not decline, but will grow more slowly due to the decrease in sales volume, at least for the first few years that the new wage is in place" ( Pathe.) A better way to raise the minimum wage without killing jobs is to cut the wages of better-paid workers, which would help low-wage workers at the expense of better-paid workers. when you raise the minimum wage with businesses, you increase consumer demand, growing our economy and helping communities thrive. Bernstein argues that “It is estimated that raising the wage would reduce employment by about 500,000, and. 8 million low-wage workers would benefit from the change” (Bernstein in which he argues how it would increase earnings and incomes, reduce poverty and