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Nobody Deserves Poverty: Underpaid Jobs Are Sadly Normal

Nobody Deserves Poverty: Underpaid Jobs Are Sadly Normal

Americans, along with many people across the world, struggle to meet their needs every month. Why should we continue down this path of destruction? We shouldn't and we wont.

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Matt Reeves
Oct 09, 2023
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I get paid five cents over $10 an hour.

That means I can make $28,000 annually gross… if I work 60 hours weekly. You heard me right: 60 hours to make less than the median income of an adult in the United States.

(source: census.gov)

Where Do You Live?

The question I get after saying that to my northeastern friends is, “How can they legally pay you that litt…

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