As a member of the 'working poor,' Joan Q. is increasingly frightened of the financial future. Where are the new ideas for industry and employment that make a dent in America's poverty? Everything costs more - from tennis shoes to pinto beans - and wages can't keep up. As children, we're taught to embrace a strong work ethic and power our potential for earning by getting the best education we can and landing a high-paying job. Now that 'high-paying' is relative, and the costs of education and good grief - just basic living - are soaring beyond the possibility that we can pay for them - what do we teach our children now?
Consider this report from PBS Newshour on the recent Poverty Census calculation.
SERIOUSLY?? Work + government support is the best way to go? While that statement is quoted from the report out of context, it's telling of the hopelessness that so many feel. No wonder there is panic and confusion. Where do we go from here?
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