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no minimum wage employer is going to pay overtime.  she is working two jobs, one 20 hours a week and one 30 hours a week.  Or she is a salaried manager who has to be on the clock for 50 hours a week though she will likely make more then minimum wage in that situation but not much. I know someone who works retail, manager, scheduled 53 hours a week, 36,000 a year.  And this isn't fast food - this is at a better retail place.  you guys have no clue how grim the numbers really are[/quote]

You're just coming up with a bunch of excuses why it's impossible instead of actually doing something.

I've known one very poor white woman.  She grew up very poor in a very dysfunctional family in the country.  Half of her family was in prison, half on drugs, she barely finished school, never went to college.  [b]She had kids who went to prison and drugs, a couple of failed marriages.[/b]  She'd never heard of things like a kitchen scale or a fondue.  She was depressed, on medication.

She's been working by cleaning houses.  And you know what?  She made it.  She worked really hard and paid off her home and paid for her car, got out of a toxic relationship and is now very proud of herself. She says working hard really does pay off.[/quote]

You read details of one mother's struggle to make ends meet by working two jobs, and you meet it with the story of a woman who failed in life and as a parent.  Let me guess why the tale of the poor white woman is more compelling to you.

And people wonder why the "work hard" message doesn't sink in with some kids.[/quote]

Sorry, she's no success story. Good for her, she works. But she raised children that are a burden on our society and cost me tax dollars in order to underwrite their prison stays. [/quote]

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