The article “time for a raise?” by Patricia Smith is about Obamas plan to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9. A person that now makes $7.25 an hour would be making $9 an hour giving them more money with every hour they work and making the long hours they work worth it. This raise can be good as much as it can be bad. The upside of raising the minimum wage could be that low income families could make more money and it can make a big difference. This could also be good for the economy because the more money people make the more they will spend which could mean stores hiring more people to work and the employment rate will raise and more taxes will be paid. People would also now be able to afford what they need to survive on a monthly check now that’s it will be more. People would not have to struggle and worry. As much as it could be good for many families it can also affect those families with businesses. Business owners would be the predominant people that would get affected by this; this would mean that they would have to pay more which means they would not have less income due to the bigger pay check they would have to write. It could also cause some companies to let go of workers. Whatever decision is made it will affect some in a bad way but it will also affect some in a good way.