How can ANYONE justify this? I don't care what your politics are I find it absolutely a crime that anyone working 40 hours a week has to live in poverty. It's bullshit and yet 20% of Ohio jobs pay that and that percentage is increasing.
I cannot see a reasonable excuse for this except greed. When you have people making less the government has no choice but to spend more on them in one way or another. Plus you take away a man's pride and in all honesty why work hard for 40 hours if you live in poverty? It's not just in Ohio people.
I heard this report this morning and have been looking all day to find a link so I could post this. There was more to it in the original report I heard but since I cannot find anything I won't comment until I can.
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1 In 5 Ohio Jobs Pay Less Than Poverty
Low-Wage Earners Increasing
POSTED: 7:48 am EST November 16, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A new study finds that one in five jobs in Ohio pays less than a poverty level wage -- about $18,000 for a family of four.
And the number of low-wage earners is increasing as Ohio continues to lose manufacturing jobs that are being replaced by low-paying jobs in the service sector.
The study was conducted by Community Research Partners, a Columbus-based nonprofit research organization with funding from the Annie E.Casey, Ford and Rockefeller Foundations.
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