Give raises to the middle class

Growing the economy means that it needs more money infused into it. Obviously, our government does not have the money to do that. Who does? Big businesses are sitting on windfalls because of all their tax breaks.

But it is understandable that they don’t want to expand their businesses because there are not enough people with money to purchase their products. It is in their interest to have a booming economy, because a booming economy needs an infusion of money to jump start it, and because big business does not want to hire more people, and government cannot afford to, the answer seems obvious. Those big businesses that are sitting on money need to substantially raise the salaries of their middle-class employees. Then we will see a trickle-down effect.

When the middle class has more money to spend, they will, and that means a larger demand for services and goods, which in turn means more private sector jobs created, and more people paying more taxes so the government can pay off its debts. And a booming economy will benefit big business.

Anne Krick

Wheaton