I've been told before that I am naive, but

[Ohiogal]

I hope some day the phrase “working poor” will be eliminated.

Because, if you work full time, you should not be poor.

[Maeve]

1. We can but hope

[Martin Eden]

2. To hope is not to be naive

It is to envision something better, without which there is no hope.

[Duncanpup]

3. Not naive

You just understand reality

[rampartc]

4. "utopian" might be better than "naive"

if the poor's needs are met by mere work, what motivation do they have to become rich??

[hunter]

5. So say the villains of Charles Dickens.

"Are there no prisons, are there no poor houses?"

[BarbD]

12. Dickens had an uncanny sense of the oppressors of the poor.

Too bad real life does not have more reformed Scrooges.

[randr]

6. The working poor are the antithesis of the idle rich

Not that they balance each other in nature, they are both unnecessary and need to be seen as things to change.
I would suggest that they equally contribute to a general malaise.

[paleotn]

7. That's simply the way it should be.

[lpbk2713]

8. Many are one paycheck ahead of living on the street.

And that is certainly nowhere near the American Dream.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. I'd take it a step further. No one should be poor, working or not.

[Elessar Zappa]

13. Exactly right.

I don’t care if a person refuses to work (not that there’s many like that), they should still be provided with housing, food, medical care, and cash for incidentals.

[rickyhall]

10. Universal Standard Income

[twodogsbarking]

11. Two years after a cancer diagnosis, 42.4 percent of patients depleted their entire life's savings.

From the American Journal of medicine.

[Shermann]

15. I found the article on that

This quote is shocking:

"Even with private insurance, many patients are denied coverage for immunotherapy or forced to cover up to 25 percent of the cost"

I'd like to see a deep dive into how that can be. I'd expect a bad financial outcome without health insurance, but this threat remains even with it.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/31/canc-j31.html

[bronxiteforever]

14. Kick and recommend.

[Kaleva]

16. most work I do is unpaid. I'll always be poor.

but it's fine as I'm used to it and I want for notbing.

[BobTheSubgenius]

17. In a society of such unimaginable wealth, it's not such a big ask, IMO.

I'm sure everyone is sick to death of "My parents raised us with one income, and we weren't rich, but we lived well" stories, and my life story is the same.

They had one income, yet still managed to bring my sister and I up in a good neighbourhood, had two cars....all the things you'd expect.

My ex worked, but that was her money to do with as she pleased, and she did. My income bought the house, paid ALL the bills and even built an education fund for our son.

That was not THAT long ago, and look what's happened. In my adult life, those stories have all but disappeared, and a two-income family still isn't without financial worry.