Analyzing my Text's Cultural Setting

The following analysis will be on the article,"MY Gov's $15 Minimum Wage Proposal Would Affect Millions." I will by analyzing the cultural setting around this article. The author of this article is listed as Associated Press. I actually called customer support for Associated Press to see who the author was and they told me Michael Hill was the reporter who wrote it.

Henzler, Philipp. New York Skyline. 3/9/2012 via Pexels. CC0 Domain.

What values, ideas, norm, beliefs, and even laws of the culture play an important role in the text? 

A large belief that is help by many is that the federal wage floor of $7.25/ hour is not a livable wage. There is concern that people aren't even able to live on such wages therefore the minimum wage need to increase. There are also known segregations in the city, like upstate and downstate.

Does the text address these cultural values, norms, beliefs, etc. directly or indirectly? 

This text talks about them directly. The belief of raising minimum wage is talked about from the side of the works but then also the side of the businesses. The other cultural part that the author addresses is the setup and segregation of the city with upstate vs. downstate. These cultural differences make it hard

What is the relationship of the text to the values, ideas, norms, etc.? Is it critical of these aspects of the culture? Is it supportive? Does it seek to modify these aspects of the culture in a certain way? 

This article mostly talks about the problems that is happening in NY, which is that people are not making enough to live on. But, it also addresses the problems that raising the minimum wage. At the very end of the article, the author does pose the point that by the time the minimum wage finally increases to $15/ hour, it won't be a livable wage anymore due to inflation.