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Tomorrow afternoon, Joe Biden will assume the position of America's 46th president.

The former vice president is getting sworn into office on Wednesday afternoon in Washington D.C. Biden's inauguration will also include a heavy detail of armed security and police officers. Furthermore, no large gatherings are permitted; although, just about 200,000 American flags will take the place of the typically sizable crowd that views inaugurations.

When Biden assumes office, there are already a series of proposals that he's going to seek to enact. A $1.9 trillion dollar spending package is on the Biden agenda, as is the push for a $15 federal minimum wage. However, a federal minimum wage increase of this nature will serve as a very hard sell to Republicans.

Fueling and furthering partisan divides

Hiking the minimum wage is a deeply partisan issue that Republicans and Democrats have never seen eye-to-eye on.

Democrats believe that increasing the minimum wage will help struggling families; however, the GOP continues to warn that minimum wage hikes always engender employment layoffs, reduced hours, increased prices, and other measures that offset potential economic gains.

A $15 federal minimum wage is something that Biden campaigned upon and will push for. Still, multiple Senate Republicans warn that boosting the minimum wage will destroy already-hurting small businesses; if a push for a minimum wage increase takes place under a Biden administration, then a Republican filibuster in Congress is highly likely.

Alternatives to increasing the minimum wage

While Republicans do not support the minimum wage increase, conservatives are more open to altering the tax code. According to the right-wing Job Creators Network, an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit will benefit small businesses and workers at an entry-level.

Republicans' opposition towards Biden's federal minimum wage increase arrives as Democrats slam the incoming president's spending package. According to the left, $1,400 stimulus payments for Americans need an increase to $2,000.

Analysts and pundits on both sides of the aisle believe that Biden will have a tough road ahead as president. Only time will tell the Biden administration's impact upon the nation and its people.

The 46th president's White House term begins tomorrow afternoon at 12:00 PM.

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