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A review by bookgirl1209
The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K. Shipler
3.0
You know those internet memes about how "I work hard every day so my money can go to someone who chooses not to work"? Yeah, I hate those memes. This book articulates why.
I'm pretty sure that most of us are only about a month of no pay away from requiring government assistance and many people don't CHOOSE not to work - their options narrow and narrow until it is not feasible to work.
The book states at one point that something that is a minor inconvenience to an affluent family, a minor car repair, a temporary illness is catastrophic to the working poor, often resulting in the loss of employment.
An eye opening read about how, even with hard work and a pull-up-your-bootstraps mentality you cannot always escape the cycle of poverty.
I'm pretty sure that most of us are only about a month of no pay away from requiring government assistance and many people don't CHOOSE not to work - their options narrow and narrow until it is not feasible to work.
The book states at one point that something that is a minor inconvenience to an affluent family, a minor car repair, a temporary illness is catastrophic to the working poor, often resulting in the loss of employment.
An eye opening read about how, even with hard work and a pull-up-your-bootstraps mentality you cannot always escape the cycle of poverty.