Under the established FLSA, non-exempt employees who work on an hourly basis should earn a living wage by working forty hours per week. Currently, the minimum wage is not the same as the living wage. We need to act now, before the middle class disappears completely. One percent of the population owns more wealth than the other ninety-nine percent. If the working class is unable to improve its current situation, only two social classes will exist. America will be divided between a well-paid high class and a minimum wage low class