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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI've been told before that I am naive, but
I hope some day the phrase working poor will be eliminated.
Because, if you work full time, you should not be poor.
Maeve
(42,271 posts)Martin Eden
(12,844 posts)It is to envision something better, without which there is no hope.
Duncanpup
(12,827 posts)You just understand reality
rampartc
(5,385 posts)if the poor's needs are met by mere work, what motivation do they have to become rich??
hunter
(38,302 posts)"Are there no prisons, are there no poor houses?"
BarbD
(1,192 posts)Too bad real life does not have more reformed Scrooges.
randr
(12,409 posts)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
(17,881 posts)lpbk2713
(42,736 posts)And that is certainly nowhere near the American Dream.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,307 posts)Elessar Zappa
(13,909 posts)I dont care if a person refuses to work (not that theres many like that), they should still be provided with housing, food, medical care, and cash for incidentals.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,674 posts)From the American Journal of medicine.
Shermann
(7,399 posts)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
(9,287 posts)Kaleva
(36,248 posts)but it's fine as I'm used to it and I want for notbing.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,559 posts)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.