6. I agree with Ted Kennedy that raising the minimum wage would benefit the families who have to rely on minimum wage in order to just maintain the bare minimum requirements for living. When minimum wage was created, it may have helped those families just get by, but it didn't account for the cost of living increasing. Now, it isn't enough to live, and those who are payed minimum wage can't even scrape by, as I now realize by watching the documentary. Increasing the minimum wage would bring all of these families up to the bare minimum standard of living and allow at least a small amount of comfort in their lives. I understand the opposition, though. By increasing the minimum wage, large businesses will have to pay their workers more money and theoretically be forced to lay of more workers as a result, putting some laborers out of business, and possibly impacting the economy negatively.
10. I was initially surprised by the electric company's deposit request, but when I though about the implications involved, I wasn't really shocked anymore. The "Bottoms," the neighborhood Alex and Morgan lived in, was not the most wealthy neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, so chances are the tenants that lived in their apartment before them might not have kept up with their bills very well. Since Alex and Morgan were charged this deposit, the previous tenants probably left the apartment before paying any of their bills. As a result, the electric company wants security, to make sure that they are paid even if Alex and Morgan decide to leave before the end of their contract, such as the tenants before them did. It's not a fair request, but it's also not a surprising one.
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