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SLEEPY START AT MINIMUM WAGE

IVANNAH JACOB - XINHUA

Minimum wage is certainly a very controversial topic that differs from nation to nation and

requires ample discussion and research for a conclusion to arise. While countries like China

have raised their minimum wage in order to combat economic recessions in light of COVID-19

and to improve its citizens’ well being, nations like the USA have not raised their minimum wage

in decades, creating much chaos and dissatisfaction in the nation. However, the minimum wage

debate did not seem to reflect the urgency and importance of this issue. There was a whole

spectrum of delegates present at the debate. On one hand we had the delegate representing

Consumers For raising the minimum wage, clad in a suit and tie and clearly prepared to take on

whatever his opponents threw at him. However, one of his allies, The State For, seemed to

prefer a more sleepy approach, and treated the entire GSL like an economics lesson, spewing

out theories and outcomes without providing statistics and facts to back them. To balance out

these two extremes we have the delegate representing the Workers For, who seemed to have

come prepared with facts and figures but had a calm and composed demeanour. The debate,

overall, seems to be progressing extremely slowly and Xinhua hopes that some constructive

criticism from the press can help the committee wake up and move at a faster pace so as to come to a 

conclusion.

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