As Americans, many of us are accustomed to instant gratification so naturally when the general American public is forced (thanks to social media) to acknowledge the inequality and social differentiation of our society involving poverty they can be spared the details. ... An underlying factor is that less than 1 out of 5  people employed in minimum wage jobs live in poor households leaving more than 80% of the increase going to those living above the poverty line. ... Most minimum wage earners are already contently living above the poverty line. ... This is just another angle from which the de...

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They are considered "unskilled" laborers who never worked hard to break free from the poverty line. ... There is a vicious cycle of poverty that makes things like this hard for poor people. ... The low-wage work and the poverty it creates is essential to the economic success of business. ... For those at the top of the economic food chain, such an attitude further distances them away from poverty. ...

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Why the Minimum Wage Should be Raised Ted Kennedy once said that no one who works a forty-hour week fifty-two weeks a year should live in poverty (Rankin). One way to help ensure that a diligent worker never lives in poverty is with a sufficient minimum wage. ... With the current federally regulated minimum wage rate at $5.15 per hour (Bernstein), many American households are finding it hard to live outside of poverty. ... No member of the work force should work for a wage that can only keep him or her just above the poverty line. ...

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One argument in favor of the minimum wage is that it sets a bottom line wage. ... At $6.75 an hour, workers are below the poverty level and cannot make ends meet. ... One job should pay enough not only to keep the worker above the poverty level but should provide a reasonable standard of living. ...

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In 2008 The Great Recession started and it killed the economy. The Great Recession lasted from December 2007 to June 2009. It began with the bursting of an 8 trillion dollar housing bubble (The Great Recession). People were being allowed to borrow money for houses they couldn't afford thus resulting...

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