Cost of Living Our nation is considered the richest on earth, yet many Americans are living below poverty level. ... Six years later the minimum wage is at the same rate, despite of the fact that current cost of living has greatly risen. ... Earning a higher wage will reduce the struggle of living satisfactorily that many face from day to day after working forty to sixty hours a week. ... (THE ANN ARBOR NEWS Timothy Lawrence-Rodriquez, 2001) If the current minimum wage earnings cannot cover daily living necessities, it is not minimum and should not be acceptable. ... All Americ...

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Bearing those arguments in mind, the minimum wage should be looked at annually and in relation to the cost of living. ... At $6.75 an hour, workers are below the poverty level and cannot make ends meet. ... Most of these problems could be solved by a wage that realistically adjusts with the cost of living. ... The retail industry employs more than half the nations hourly workers at or below minimum wage, even though the industries profits went up 158 percent since 1968. ... One job should pay enough not only to keep the worker above the poverty level but s...

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Gasoline Through my Lifetime Everywhere you go and whom ever you listen to you can hear the comment, "Gas is so high", "It has never been this high." Yes these statements are true. Yes gasoline is high and no the prices have never been as high as they are right now, but we as Americans have never...

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Poverty here is defined as having net household income below 60% of the median income, after housing cost. ... The situation is even bleaker for children, with almost a third of children living in poor households in 1999. ... Distribution of poor children by work hours of household Total hours worked by all persons in household Actual poverty patterns 1999 Projected poverty in 1999 if work patterns comparable to 1979 % Distribution of poor children Children who are poor living in households with given work hours as a % of all children % Distribution of poor children Children who are poor...

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These people are living on a day-to-day basis. ... Because they are living day by day, people in poverty have no chance to improve their status. ... The poverty line is the level of income below, which the income of the household or individual is inadequate to meet the essential needs of the household or individual as determined by society. ...

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