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Originally Posted by pan6467
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.
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I don't know whose job it is to justify it. You may want to try to put it into context.
How many people in Ohio are the single earner in a household of four and more and work 40 hours per week at one of these jobs? Without this information, the statistic doesn't mean that much.
What was the percentage in 1998 or 1994?
What if the previously high paying jobs are not needed anymore because of the evolution of the economy? Does the free market stop in Columbus? Are there diff. rules for Ohio?
If single people or students have a lot of these jobs and they do not live in poverty, are we still offended? What if one spouse makes 40k and the other makes 16k and they have two kids? The live in a household that makes over three times the poverty level and 50%, 50% PERCENT of that household has a job that would put a family of four under the poverty level. That's 30 more than 20. Whose greed is killing this family?
While were at it, aren't there some definitional issues with the "poverty level?" Does that level include families that can afford a computer, cable, the internet, cell phones, etc. in addition to food, shelter, clothing?
What good would raising the minimum wage do if we are upset that the man making 17k isn't making 20k?